288. "TABLES. Select Fables of JEsop, with an English Trans- 
 
 -T lation more Literal than any yet extant. By H. Clarke. 
 
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 An Englijh TRANSLATION, 
 
 More LITERAL than any yet extant, 
 
 Defigned for the Readier INSTRUCTION 
 of BEGINNERS in the Latin 'Tongue. 
 
 By H. CLARKE, 
 
 TEACHER of the LATIN LANGUAGE. 
 
 The FIRST BOSTON EDITION," from a Copy of the latelt 
 Edition printed in LONDON. 
 
 BOSTON: 
 
 Printed by SAMUEL HALL, in State-Street. 
 1787, 
 
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PREFACE. 
 
 WHOEVER hath duly confidered the great 
 Difficulty there is in our firfl encountering 
 with the Idioms of the Latin Tongue, the Variety of 
 Englijh Words, which will fometimes anfwer to one 
 Latin one, with the many Miftakes which Boys rnuft 
 naturally be liable to, who cannot immediately form 
 any tolerable Judgment of the Thing which They 
 are engaged in j muft furely, in fome Meafure, be 
 brought to acknowledge, that the having Things ex- 
 plained and cleared up to thejr Underftandings, as 
 They go along, is the bed and only Means of mak- 
 ing Them eager and defirous to learn. And here, 
 perhaps, It may be fomewhat of a real Help to throw 
 the Language into a yet more eafy Light, and to de- 
 fcend a little lower, than Others have hitherto fub- 
 mitted Themfelves tqj^For I will not refufe to 
 own, that I am apprehenfive, the Fear of too great a 
 Baldnefs in the Tranflation hath deterred even Thofe, 
 who have carried this Affair farther than was at firft 
 imagined it could ever have gone, from rendering ic 
 fo plain, that Children might ftill the more readily 
 
 come 
 
2 PREFACE. 
 
 come into the Knowledge of the Conftruftion, and 
 form a better and quicker Idea of the different Parts 
 of Speech. 
 
 Things relating to InftrucYion cannot well be made 
 too eafy j but to write in the Terms of a Pedant, or 
 in fuch a Lownefs, or Poverty of ExprefTion^ as 
 dwindleth almoft into Nonfenfe, is a Hardfhip too 
 great to be fubmitted to by any Man of Spirit. But 
 alas ! Freedom of Stile is one Thing, and literal Tranf- 
 lation another ; and the bed Way to commence an 
 Acquaintance with any Language,is firft to read a great 
 deal of a verbal Tranflation. When fingle Words 
 have been apprehended rightly, a Number of them 
 may be readily put together, the remembering that 
 fuch a Word is Latin-- for fuch a Thing affording 
 Learners the greateft Pleafure and Incitement to- 
 wards the making a Progrefs more confiderable j 
 whereas, by attempting the Conftrufbion of Phrafes 
 too foon, they become loft, and bewildered in a Maze. 
 
 It hath been thought proper therefore to make the 
 Englijh Words here to anfwer to the Latin, as gram- 
 matically as pofiible - 3 and, where more expreffive 
 Ones might often have been made Ufe of, Thofe, 
 which are moft ufually met with, have been judged 
 the moft convenient j the varying the Phrafe too 
 
 much 
 
PREFACE. 3 
 
 much at firft tending rather to confound, than graft 
 any Thing in the Memory. 
 
 * A new Edition ofJSfop, with the Latin and Eng- 
 UJh each in their diftinft Columns, had been long 
 ago wifhed for ; but, as Mr. Locke had before fuf- 
 fered an Interlineary Verfion of it to be printed with 
 his Name in the Title Page, it is highly probable, 
 Nobody would venture to undertake fuch a Thing ; 
 altho' You are told in the Preface, that the Defign 
 was to help Thofe, who had not the Opportunity or 
 Leifure to learn the Latin Language by Grammar ; 
 which, confequently, did not lead Him to have the 
 EngHJh made with the greateft grammatical Striflnefs 
 to the Latin, and left Room for fomething to be at- 
 tempted, which might bejafforded at an eafier Rate, 
 and what might better anfwer the Purpofes of a Com- 
 mon School-Book. 
 
 Upon the whole, You have here a Collection of 
 the greateft Part of the Fables done in an eafier Man- 
 ner, than any yet extant -, and the farther You enter 
 into the Book, You will find fuch little Liberties* tak- 
 en in the Exfrcffton, as may naturally fuit with tender 
 Capacities, whilfl the Judgment ripens by Degrees. 
 
 Befides, the Advantage of the Roman and Italick 
 
 Characters 
 * Vide PREFACE to CLARKE'S CORDERY. ** 
 
4 PREFACE. 
 
 Characters being alternately ufed for the better In- 
 ftruflion of Young Beginners, this Tranjlation is "Con- 
 trived to anfwer Line for Line throughout ; and Care 
 hath been generally taken to avoi^i the Breaks of 
 Words fo frequent in Things of this feature, that it is 
 next to an Impoflibility now to miftake. 
 
 SELECTS 
 
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 SELECTS 
 F AEU L M JESOP I. 
 
 SELECT 
 
 ; 
 
 FABLES of MS OP. 
 
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 FABLE I. 
 
 Zk GALLO. 0/theCocK. 
 
 GAllus, </ vertit A Cock, ivhiljl he turns up 
 
 Vtercorarium, offendit J.JL a Dunghill, finds 
 
 Gemmam, inquiens, ^a/J a Jewel, faying, /^y 
 
 reperio /?^m tam nitidam ? do I find a Thing fo bright ? 
 
 Si Gemmarius reperiiTet ^Vfc; If a Jeweller had found 'J/ta% 
 
 Nihil ejfet Isetius Nothing would be more joyful 
 
 /-'<?, ut Qui fciret Man /T,?, as Who would know 
 
 Prettum : ' (,hmlem eft the Price : Indeed // is 
 
 n\dli Ufui Mihi, nee ceftimo of no Ufe to Me, <?> do I efleem it 
 
 Jlfagni ; jmo cquidem at a great Rate ; nay indeed 
 
 mallem Granum Hor- I had rather have a Grain of Bar- 
 
 dei omnibus Gemtms. ley than all Jewels. 
 
 MORALE, The MORAL. 
 
 Intellige^r Gemmarfly^r- Underftand ly the Jewel 
 
 tf.m & Sapicntiam ; per Gal- Art and JVifdom ; by /^<? Co^, 
 
 'Wg Honn'.n-rm jlolidum & a Man j'oclijh and 
 
a SELECT FABLES OF 
 
 voluptarlum ; nee Stulti 
 amant liberates Artcs, cum 
 nefciant Ufum earum ; 
 nee Voluptarius, quippe 
 Voluptas_/o/a placeat Ei. 
 
 voluptuous ; neither Foolt 
 love liberal Arts, ivhen 
 they know not the UJe of them ; 
 nor a voluptuous Man, lecaufc 
 Plcafure alone pleafcs him. 
 
 FAB 
 
 & UMBRA. 
 
 CAnis tranans fluvium, 
 uehebat Carnem Ricfu ; 
 Sole fplendente, Umbra 
 Carnis lucebat in Aquis : 
 Quarn I lie widens, & a vide 
 captans, perdidit Quod erat 
 in Faucibus : Itaq; fertuifus 
 Jadura & Ref fc? 
 Sgei, frimum ftupuit ; de- 
 inde recipiens Minimum fie 
 elatravit : Mifer ! Modus 
 deerat fus Cupiditati : 
 Erat fatis fuferguf, 
 
 iii defjpuffis, Jam,^ 
 
 per tuam Stultitiam, eft 
 minus Nihilo Tibi. 
 
 Mo s. 
 
 Sit -Modus tuae 
 
 , Cupiditati, ne arriltta$ 
 erta ro incertis. 
 
 L E II. 
 
 0/"the DOG <Wthe SHADOW. 
 
 A "Dog Swimming over a River, 
 carried Flefh /n ^/'j Chaps ; 
 the Sun Jhining, the Shadow 
 o/"/^ J^/2//& (hone *'n the Waters ; 
 which he feeing, and greedily 
 catching at, /o/? what wa^ 
 in his Jaws : Therefore Jlruck 
 with the Lofclgftof th^hinga/^ 
 his Hope, atJtytKc wfi'amazed ; 
 afterwards taEThg Courage thui 
 /)< barked out : Wretch ! Modern- ' 
 tlon was wanting to thy Defire : 
 There ivas enough, and too tnuchj 
 unlefs thou hadft been mad. Now, 
 thro 1 thy Folly, there 13 
 left than Nothing for Thee. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Let there be Moderation to thy 
 Defire, left thou lofc 
 
 certain things for uncertain. 
 
 FAB 
 
 De LUPO & GRUE. 
 
 DU M Lupus vorat 
 Ovem, forte Of a 
 haefere in GuU, ambit, 
 uat Of em. Nemo opitu'atnr ; 
 Omnes diSitant, cum tvlijfi 
 Premium futt Voracitatis : 
 Ttimfi'tn multii Blandltits 
 piti- 
 
 L E III. 
 
 Of the WOLF and the CRANE. 
 
 WHilft a Wolf devonreth 
 a Sheep ,by chance theBonet 
 ftuck in his Throat ; He goes about, 
 aflvs Help t Nobody ajfijls ; 
 All fay, that he ^5 ^or 
 the Reward of his Greedinefs : 
 At length, with many Flatteries 
 
SELECT FABLES OF JESOP. 
 
 inducit 
 
 pluribufq; Prompt 
 Gruem, ut, 
 Collo Infer to in Gulam, 
 eximeret Os infixum. 
 Verum illufit Ei pctcnti 
 Preemium, inquicns, Inepta, 
 abi, non habss fat, quod 
 vivis ? Deles tuam V'ttam 
 Mihi ; ft vellem, poteram 
 pnemordere tuum Collum. 
 
 and more Promifes, He draws in 
 the Crane, that her very long 
 Neck being thru/I into his Throat, 
 She wouldpulloat/^fjifoffe fixed in, 
 ./?/ He played upon /fcr afking 
 a Reward, faying, Fool* 
 go away, hajl thou not enough, that 
 thou livefl ? Ty5o o-wejl thy Z.//? 
 to Me ; if I would, / was all: 
 to bite off thy Neck. 
 
 
 MOR. 
 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Quod 
 
 fads 
 
 ingrato, 
 
 What thou doejl for the ungrateful 
 
 peril. 
 
 
 
 * erijbeth ' 
 
 FAB 
 
 JD<? RUSTICO y 
 
 COLUBRO. 
 
 RUfticus tulit Dorhum 
 Colubrum repertum in 
 "Kive t profe encftum Frig ore ; 
 adjicit dd Focum : 
 
 Coluber recipient Vim, 
 Virufqne, deinde non fercns 
 Flamrnam, infecit omne Tu~ 
 gurium Sibilando. Ruflicus 
 corripiens Sudem accurrit, 
 & expoftulat -fnjuriam 
 cum Eo Verbis Verberibufq; 
 Num referrcl has 
 
 Gr alias ? Num eriperet 
 Vitatn ////', Qui dedtrat 
 Vitam Illi ? 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Interdum jit, 
 o^f/r Tibi, 
 
 Tu profueris ; & // 
 antur male de TV, dc 
 Tu meritusfis bene, 
 
 ut 
 
 L E IV. 
 
 0/"the COUNTRYMAN /ro^ 
 the SNAKE, 
 
 A Countryman \lrougbt Home 
 a Snake found ia 
 the Snow, almojl dead with Cold ; 
 He lays him to the Fire ; 
 The Snake recovering Strength , 
 and Poifon, then not bearing 
 the Flame, filed all the Co/S 
 tagevrhh Hiffing. The Countryman 
 fnatching a Stake runs up^ 
 and expoftulates the Injury 
 with ///. in Words and JBto-wst 
 Whether he would return thefc 
 Thanh ? Whether He wottldtake 
 Life from Iiim t Who had given 
 Life to Him ? 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Sometimes it happens, that 
 they are hurtful to Thee, ivhom. 
 Thou hajl profited ; and They de- 
 ferve ill of 77j^ of Whom 
 Thou /**/? deferred well. 
 
 fl F A fe L E 
 
SELECT FABLES OF JESOP. 
 FABLE V. 
 
 De APRO y ASINO. 
 
 DUM insrs Afmus ir ri- 
 del at Aprum, Ille 
 jndignans frendebat. Jgna- 
 viflime, fueras quidem 
 merlins Malura ; fed etiamfi 
 fuzris dignus Pand, tamen 
 Ego fum indignus, qui puni- 
 am Te. Ride tutus ; nam 
 es tutus ob Inert'iam. 
 
 Mot. 
 
 Dem us Operam, ut 
 cum audiamus, au/ patiamur 
 indigna Nobis, ne dicamus, 
 autfaciatnus indigna Nolls. 
 Nam mali & perditi ple- 
 rurnq; gaudent, fi ^L"// 1 
 />/affi bonorurtt rejiftat 
 iis ; pendent Magni, 
 .Sj haberi dignos 
 
 Ultione. Imitemur Equo?, 
 & raagnas Be/lias, Qjui 
 pratercunt oblatrantts 
 
 Canlculoi cum Contemptu. 
 
 Of the BOAR c<^the Ass. 
 
 W 
 
 (d at the Boar, He 
 fretting gnq/bed his teeth. Moft 
 flothful Wretch, then haft indeed 
 deferred Evil ; but although thoit 
 baft been worthy of Punljlmenty yet 
 / am unfit, who may pit- 
 n'sjh Thee. Laugh fecure, for 
 thou artfafe for thy Sluggl/Jonefs. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Let us give an Endeavour, that 
 'when we hear, or endure 
 Things unworthy of ns, We do not fay, 
 or do Things unworthy of Us. 
 For bad and //? Men gene- 
 rally rejoice , if Any 
 
 one of the good " re/rjt 
 them ; they value It at a great Rate, 
 that they are accounted worthy 
 of Revenge. Z/f/ us imitate Horfes, 
 and great Beajls, who 
 /#/) ^y barking 
 
 Curs with Contempt. 
 
 F A L E VI. 
 
 Zk AQUILA & 
 
 CORSICULA. 
 
 AQuila r.aSa Cochle- 
 am, non qulvlt erucre 
 Vi, out Arte. 
 Cornicula accede ns dat 
 Condlivian, fvadet fubvolare, 
 t/ 1 c fublimi praecipitare 
 Coohleam in 5a.va ,* nam 
 fc fore, / Cochlea 
 Jrangalur. Cornicula 
 
 Humi, . ut 
 
 P.rxdolctur Cafum : 
 
 Aquila 
 
 0/~the EAGLE and 
 the JACKDAW. 
 
 AN Eagle having got a Coc- 
 kle, was not able to get out \ 
 the Fl/b by Force, or Art. 
 The Jackdaw coming up gives 
 Counlel, perfuades her to fly up, 
 and from on high to throw down 
 the Cockle upon the Sfoiies ; for that 
 fa it would be that the Cockle 
 would be broken. The Jackdaw 
 flays on the Ground, th-.t 
 (he may watch the Full . 
 The Eagle 
 
SELECT FABLES OF 1ESOP. 
 
 Aquila pracipitat ; 
 
 Telia frangilur ; Pifcis 
 fubripitur a Cornicula ; 
 elufa Aquila dolet. 
 
 MoV. 
 
 Noli baler e Fid em 
 Omnibus & fac 
 
 infpicias Gonfdium, quod 
 accept ris ab Aliis ; 
 
 nam Multi confulti ncn 
 confulunt J-jis Con- 
 s,/^Sibi. 
 
 The Eagle throws it down ; 
 The Shell is broken ; The Fifk 
 Is f natched atvtiy by the Jackdaw / 
 the deluded Eagle grieves. 
 
 Mo a. 
 
 Be not willing to have Faitk 
 in all Mcn t and do 
 you look into the Counfel, which 
 you have received from others ; 
 for Many being confulted do not 
 counfcl for their Cori- 
 fultors, but for Themfelves. 
 
 FAB 
 
 De CORVO 5* 
 
 VULFECULA. 
 
 COrvus naclus Prsedara, 
 Jlrepltat in Ramis s 
 Vulpecula viJet Eum ge- 
 
 jllentem t accurrit : F"ulpes, 
 inquit, impertit Corvum 
 
 plurima Salute. Stepenumero 
 audiveram, Farnam efie 
 
 Mendacem t jam experior Re 
 ipfa : Nam, ut forte prx- 
 lereo hac, fufpicifns Te in 
 Arbere, advo/o, culpans 
 Famam : Num Fama eft, Te 
 tffe nigriorem Pice, 3* video 
 te candidiorem Nive. Sane in 
 meo jfudicio vincis Cygnttt* 
 & w formofior alba 
 Hedera. Quod fi, / ex- 
 cellas -/ Plumis, Va & 
 *Voce t equidem dicerem te 
 Rfginam omnium Av'mm. 
 Corvus illeclus hac AJfen- 
 tiuncula, apparat ad 
 canendum. i^ero Cafeus 
 excidit e Rojlro ; Quo 
 ccrrepto Vulpecula, 
 
 tol/it 
 
 L E VII. 
 
 0/"the CROW and 
 the Fox. 
 
 A Crow having got a Prey, 
 makes aNoifrintheBranches : 
 the Fox y^ Him re- 
 joicing, runs up : The Fox, 
 fays her, compliments the Crow 
 w/V/6 wry wzwrA Health. Very often 
 luul ( I heard, /^ Faw^ was 
 J^tar, now IJind it in the Faft 
 /(^ .' For, as by Chance 
 ^y this way, feeing You 
 the Tree, 1 fly to you, blaming 
 Fame : For toe Report is, that you 
 are blacker than Pitch, <?</ I fee 
 you whiter than Snow. Truly in 
 my judgment 
 and are fairer Man 
 Ivy. But if, flj you e- 
 cel in Feathers, you do fo a!(.> 
 in Voice, truly / Jlioitld call yau 
 //'? j^/w of all A'/v/f. 
 The Crow allured by this Fiat- 
 tery, prepares 
 
 fing. But the Cheefe 
 
 fell from /6/V Beak ; Which. 
 foV/f fnatcbed by the Fox, 
 
6 SELECT FABLES OF JESOP. 
 
 toUit Cachinnurn : Turn he fets up a Laughter : Then 
 
 demum Corvus, Pudore at lad the Crow, Shame 
 
 juaffo Ja&urse Ret, being Joined to the Lofs of the Thing t 
 
 dolet. gricvelh. 
 
 MOR. MOR. 
 
 Nonnulli funt tarn avidi Some are fo g rf( dy 
 
 Laudis, ut ament AJfen- of Praife, that they love a Flat- 
 
 tatorem cum fuo Probro & terer with their own Difgrace and 
 
 Damno. JHomundones hiijus Damage. Men of this 
 
 Modi funt Pr<ed<( Parafito. Kind are a Prey to the Parafite. 
 
 Quod li vitajjes Jaftan- But if you had avoided Boaft- 
 
 tiam, facile vitaveris ing, eajily would you have avoided 
 
 peftiferum Genus Affen- the peftilent Race of Flatter- 
 
 tatorutn. Si Tu velis ejfe ers. If Thou art willing to be 
 
 Thrafo, Gnatho nufqtiam a Thrafo, a Gnaths never 
 
 deerit Tibi. will be wanting to Thee. 
 
 FABLE VIII. 
 
 DfCAKE &? ASIKO. 0/"the DOG and the Ass. 
 
 DUM Canit blandiretur "YlfTHilfl the Dog fawned on 
 
 Hero & Fan-jlit t VV b'uMafler and the Family t 
 
 Herus ff Familia demulcent the Mafter a</ the Family Jiroke 
 
 Cai.em. jf/kStf t videns the Dog. The Afi y feeing 
 
 id, gemit altifftme ; Nam that, groans moft deeply ; for 
 
 eepit pig erc Sor- he began to be weary of his Con- 
 
 tis : Putat iaique com pa- dition : He thinks it unjuflly or- 
 
 ratum, Canem efle ^ra- dered, that the Dog fhould be ac- 
 
 tum cunCtis, pafcique ceptablt to all, and be fed 
 
 herili ItLnfd, & fiom ins Matter's Table, and 
 
 confequl Hoc Otto thai he fhould gel This by IJlenef: 
 Ludoque : f'S^fe cono and Piay : that Himftlf on the 
 
 tra portare Clitcllas, contrary carried the Dorfcrs, 
 
 tiR Flagello, ejfe tuas beaten with the Whip, was 
 
 nunquaaa otiofum, & tamen : tfiever idle t and y*t 
 
 odioi'um funSit. Si hsc .odious to all. If thffe things 
 
 fisnt Btanditlls, ftatuit "are done by Pa-tunings, he refolvcf 
 
 J'eSari cam Artem, qux jtt to follow that Art> which it 
 
 tarn iit.lts.'* Igitur quo- to profitable. Therefore on a cer- 
 
 diim Tcmpore tentaturus tain. Time about to try 
 
 Rem, procurrit obviam the Thing, He runs in the Way 
 
 vpdcuati Zksnnm, to his Maflet: returning 
 Tub- 
 
SELECT FABLES OF^SOP. 7 
 
 fubfilit, pulfat Uri- leaps on Him, Jiriles him with 
 
 gulis. Hero exclamaiite, his Hoofs. The Majler crying out, 
 
 aervi accurrere & the Servants ran to him, and 
 
 ineptus Afellus, qui credidlt the filly dfs, who thought 
 
 Se urbanum, vapulat. 
 
 MOR. 
 Omncsnon p^ffimus omnia; 
 
 Himfelf courtly, is beaten. 
 
 MOR. 
 We all cannot do all things ; 
 
 flic omna decent 
 Quifquc facial, 
 tentet id, quod pot eft. 
 
 oinnes. r.or do all things become all Men. 
 
 quifque Let every one do, let every one 
 
 try that, wjiich he is able. 
 
 FAB 
 
 De LEONE 5* quibufdam 
 aliis. 
 
 LE O pepigerat cum 
 Ove quibufdamque 
 aliis, Venationem fore 
 communcm. Venantur, 
 
 C'ervus c apitur : fingulis 
 incipientibus tollere Jingulas 
 Partes, vt convcnerat, 
 Leo irrugiit, inquiens, una 
 Pars eft mea, quia funi 
 dlgniifimus ; altera item 
 efl mea, quia przftantif- 
 finvJS Viribus ; porro 
 vsndico tertiam, quia fu- 
 daverim p f us in capiendo 
 Cervo ; dcnique, nifi con- 
 eefferitu quartam, ejl aftum 
 de Amicitia. Socii 
 
 audientes hoc, difcedunt 
 vacui $3* taciti, ncn auii 
 mutire contra Leoaem, 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Fides femper fuit ttzra : 
 apnd Aot Seculum ^? rarior; 
 apud potentes ejl, & 
 femper fuit, rar'ifjima. Q^o- 
 circa # fatius vivere cum 
 Parr. Nam, j^u/ vivit 
 fi'i poteniiore, fx$e habet 
 
 L E IX. 
 
 Of the LION and fome 
 Benjis. 
 
 TH E Lion (W agreed with 
 /A^ 5/'ff/> and fome 
 others., that the Huntingjftow/J ^ 
 common. They bunt, 
 
 a Stag M taken : all 
 beginning to take /AV Jingle 
 Parts, as had been agreed, 
 Lion roared, faying, one 
 is mine, becaufe / am 
 the moil worthy ; another alfo 
 is mine, becaufe I am mod ex- 
 cellent in Strength ; moreover 
 / claim a third, btfavft I have 
 fweated more in taking 
 the Stag ; lajlly, unlefs jow noiil 
 grant the fourth, /ifr? it an end 
 o/" Frieudfhip. His Companions 
 hearing this, depart 
 
 empty and filent, */ having dared 
 to mutter again ft the Lion. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Faith always has been ?v7r* 
 in this Age // is rarer ; 
 awing the Powerful it is, and 
 tf/iyayj has been,moji rare. Where- 
 fore it is better to live with 
 d Equal. For, /rV w/^o liveth 
 w;VA one. more powerful, c/i^ hath 
 a Nc- 
 
8 SELECT FABLES OF JESOP. 
 
 nectj/e concederc de fuo a NeceJJity to depart jrom hii 
 Jure. Right. 
 
 FAB 
 
 De LEONE &f MURE. 
 
 LE O A^iw jEftu 
 Curfuque quiefcebatyl/i 
 Umbra, yw/w viridi Gr#- 
 TWZ/W ; Grege Murium per- 
 currente f/w/ Ttrgunj, ex- 
 perreSus, comprehendit 
 
 Unum ex il/is. Captivus 
 ftipphcat, clamitat, Se efle 
 indignant, cui Z,eo 
 
 irafcatur. Ille t reputans 
 fore Nihil Laudis 
 
 in A 7 ^ tantillae Eeflia, 
 dimittit Captivum. Non </KI 
 poftea, Z,fo, dum currit 
 per Saltum, inctdit in 
 Plagas : Rugit % fed non 
 potejl cxire. JT/j audit 
 Leonem miferabilicer rugi- 
 entem, agnofcit Vocem, 
 repit in Cuniculos, qu<erit 
 Nodos, quos invenit, 
 corroditque ; Leo- evadit 
 e Plasis. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Hsec Fabula fuadet C/*- 
 tiientiam potentibus ; Etenim 
 lit human* Res yn/ in- 
 ftabiles, Potentes ipft 
 Inter dum egent O/^ humil- 
 limorum ; y^/ar^ prudens 
 /^/r, etfi potcft, timet 
 tiocere vcl i'/7/ Ho mini ; _/</ 
 Qui non timet nocerc 
 aiteri, defipit valJe. 
 Quid //a ? Quia, eijl jam 
 fretus Potentia, metuit 
 Ncmioem, forfan, poithac 
 erif, 
 
 LEX. 
 
 0/~the LION fl</ the MOUSE. 
 
 TH E Lion tired with Heat 
 and running, re (led under 
 the Shade, upon the green Grafs ; 
 a Company c/" Mice run- 
 ning over /j Back, having a- 
 rofe t He takes 
 
 One of /. The Captive 
 begs, cries, //>/ ^<? was 
 unworthy, whom the Lion fhould 
 be angry with. He, thinking 
 there would be Nothing of Praife 
 in the Death of fo little a Bcajl, 
 difmifTea the Captive, Not long 
 after, the Lion, whilft He runs 
 thro' the Fareji, falls int 
 the Toils : Hz roars, but can- 
 not get out. The Moufe hears 
 the Lion miferably roar- 
 ing, knows the Voice, 
 creeps into the Holes, feels 
 the Knots, 'which He finds, 
 and gnaws ; the Liou escapes 
 out of the Toils. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 This Fable recommends Cle- 
 mency to the powerful ; For 
 as human Things are un- 
 ftable, the Powerful themfclvcs 
 fometimet want the Help of the 
 lowed ; wherefore a prudent 
 Man, altho' he is able, fcareth 
 to hurt even a mean Man ; but 
 He that dots not fear to hurt 
 another, plays the Fool very much. 
 Why/o ? Becaufe, altho* now /;.?- 
 ving relied on his Power, he fear elk 
 Nobody, per haps ^ hereafter 
 
SELECT FABLES OF JESOP. 
 
 fflf t ut indiguerit 
 
 vel Gratia vilium Homun- 
 cionum, vel meluerit Iram. 
 
 it ivlll be, that he may have wanted 
 cither the Favour of mean Men, 
 or have feared their Anger. 
 
 FAB 
 
 De <pgroto MILVO. 
 
 MIlvus decumbebat 
 
 Le&o jam ferme 
 moriens, orat Matrtm ire 
 precatum Deos. Mater 
 refpondet, Nihil Opis fpe- 
 randum Illi a, Diis, 
 quorum facra tcties viola- 
 viflet/w/V Rapinis. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Decet not venerari 
 Deos ; nam ////' juvant^/Vr, 
 & adverfantur impios. Ne- 
 gledi in Felicitate, non cx- 
 audiunt Mi fend. Quare^r 
 memor eorum in fecundis 
 rebus, u/ vocati _/// 
 prsefentes in adverfis rebus. 
 
 L E XL 
 
 Of thejtck KITE. 
 
 TH E Kite lay 
 
 in Bed now almott 
 dying, tegs his Mother to go 
 to pray to the Gods. The Mother 
 anfwers, No Help <was to be 
 hoped by him from the Gods, 
 vuhofe facred Things fo often he 
 had violated by his Rapines. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 It becometh us to worfhip 
 the Gods ; for they help the pious, 
 and with/land the impious. Ne 
 glecled in Felicity, they do not 
 hear i Mifery. Wherefore be 
 mindful of them in profperout 
 things, that being called they may be 
 prefe'ot in adverfe things. 
 
 FABLE XII. 
 
 De RANIS tf earum Rege. 
 
 GENS Ranarum, cum 
 (^/ libera, fupplicabat 
 Jovem, Rtgsm da- 
 
 ri jiW. Jupiter rldebat 
 Vota Ranarum. Illse 
 
 /fl/w^ inftabant itcrum, 
 atque iterutn, donee perpel- 
 lerent ipfum. /// dejecit 
 Trabem ; ea .MbAv qu aflat 
 Fluvium ingenti Fragore. 
 Ranae terrlta filent ; 
 oenerantur Regem ; oc- 
 rsdunt propius fsdetentim ; 
 tao- 
 
 0/"the FROGS and their 
 
 TH E Nation of Frogs, when 
 // was free, bcfoughi 
 Jupiter, ybr a King to be gi- 
 ven to them. Jupiter laughed at 
 the Wiflies of the Frogs. They 
 neverthelefs prefled him again, 
 and again, until f^y drove 
 him to it. //# threw down 
 a Log ; that Mafs fhakes 
 the River with a great A 7 "^. 
 The Frogs ajfrighled are filent ; 
 they reverence their King ; they 
 come nearer Step by Sf?p ; 
 at 
 
io SELECT FABLES OF ^SSOP. 
 
 tandem, Metu abje&o, 
 infultant, & defultant ; 
 iners Rex eft Lufui & 
 Contemptui. Rurfum lacef- 
 funt Jovem ; or ant Regem 
 dan fibi, qui fit 
 
 Jlrenuus ; qtiibus Jupiter dat 
 Ciconiam. Is perflrenue 
 
 perambularis Paludem, 
 
 vorat qii'tcqtiid Ran a rum 
 Jit obviam. Jgilur 
 
 Raoae frujira queftas fue- 
 runt de Saevitia hujus. 
 Jupiter non audit, nam 
 .'ur k ho die : 
 
 Etenim Vefperi Ciconia 
 eiinte Cubitum, cgrejjix ex 
 Antris murmurant 
 
 rauco Ululatii ; fed 
 
 canunt fur do. Nam Ju- 
 piter vuit, ut quae depre- 
 cate funt clementem 
 
 '// iuclementcm. 
 
 MCR. 
 
 Solet evenire 
 vt Ranis, gut, 
 
 li halet Rcgero/ct7i> man- 
 fuetiorem, damnat cum Ig- 
 aaviie & Insrtitt, & o//a/, 
 aliquand>> Virum dari 
 
 ^i/ .- Contra, Ji quan- 
 do /?a<?a {/? flrenuum 
 Rf*em, damuat S<fvitiam 
 hujug, 3* laudat Clsmcn- 
 /;../.*/ prioris ; Jive quod 
 
 f-.tnper pceraret nos praelen- 
 tiuir, Jive quod ejl verum 
 D':flu>n t nora f^? potiora 
 
 at length, /<Var being thrown away, 
 /&ry /^fl/> upon, and /M/ o^J A/m ; 
 the fluggifh Azwy i their Sport and, 
 Ccnternpt. Again they pro- . 
 vcke Jupiter; they pray for a King 
 to be given to them, who may be 
 valiant ; to whom Jupiter gives 
 f/&<? Stork. He i><?ry nimbly 
 ftalkiug through /ta Marjh 
 devours whatever of the Frogs 
 fo/nfj in the way. Therefore 
 the Frogs in vain have com- 
 plained of the Cruelty o/" /&/;. 
 Jupiter does not hear, for 
 they complain even //6w /)flp : 
 For /' //6if Evening the Stork 
 ^i/V^ to Reft, having tome out of 
 //>> Cavet they murmur 
 <a;;//& a hoarfe Croaking ; but 
 they firig to one deaf. For Ju- 
 piter wills, /Aj/ they who peti- 
 tioned againjl a merciful Kingj 
 now ^fij/- au unmerciful. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 It is wont to happen to the com- 
 mon People, at to the Frogs, who, 
 if they have a King a little mild- 
 er, condemn him o/" /d/?- 
 n^/} and Sluggijlnefs, and W//S 
 at fometime_/bra Man to be given 
 /o them / On the contrary, if at 
 any time //$<?y havs got an ad\ive 
 King, they condemn /ta Cruelty 
 of him, <W/ praife /Z'f C/<r- 
 mency of the former; either becaufe 
 it always repents us of the pre- 
 fent, or becaufe ;'/ is a true 
 Saying, that new things are better 
 than o!d< 
 
 FABLE 
 
SELECT FABLES OF iESOP. 11 
 
 FAB 
 
 J^e COLUMBIS y MILVO. 
 
 COlurabz ollm gef- 
 fcre Bsitum cum Mil- 
 voi quctn ut expug- 
 narent, delegerunt fibi 
 Accipitrem Rcgem. Ills fac- 
 tua Rcx t agit Hoftem, non 
 Regem : rapit ac laniat 
 non fegnius, ac Milvus. Pec- 
 nitet Columbas Incap- 
 ti, putantes, fuiffe 
 
 fatius fati Bellum Mil- 
 vi, quatn Tyrannidem 
 Accipitris. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Pigeat Neminsm fuas 
 Condi tlon'is iiimium. Ut 
 Horatius ait, Nihil eft bea- 
 tum ab omni Parts. 
 Equidem non optarem mu- 
 tare me am Sorttm, modo fit 
 toleralilis. Mulli, cum qnie- 
 fiverint novam Sortem, 
 rurfus optaverunt 'jctercm. 
 Sumus fere omnrs ita vario 
 Ingenio, ut ' fanitedt 
 
 Nofract noflri. 
 
 L E XIIL 
 
 Of the PIGEONS andthe KITE. 
 
 THE Pigeons formerly car- 
 ried on a War with the 
 Kite, whom that they might fub- 
 due, they chafe to themfclves 
 the Hatok King. /fe being 
 made King, afts /Atf Enetny, not 
 /Ae AVn^ : he tears and butchers 
 no flower, than the Kite. // re- 
 penis the Pigeons of their Under- 
 takihg, thinking, that it had been 
 better to endure the War cf 
 the Kite, than the Tyranny 
 of the Hawk. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Let it repent no Man of hi 
 Condition too much. As 
 
 Horace fay ft Nothing is hap- 
 py from every Part. 
 Tr&ly / would not wi/b to 
 change my Lot, provided it be 
 tolerable. Many, w/jfn they have 
 fought a neia Stat? 
 
 again have wifhed for the old. 
 We are almojl all of Jo various 
 a Temper, that it refenteth 
 Us ourfelvcs of our f elves. 
 
 FAB 
 
 De FURE 5* CANE. 
 
 CANIS refpondit Furi 
 porrigenti Pancm * 
 fileat, A'owi tuas 
 
 Infidias, das Panem, 
 quo dffinam latrare, /<*/ 
 odi /i/.v/n Muous ; quippe fi 
 .*, tulero Panem, tu 
 rypsrtab'n cunfta 
 
 -; .;.-, : 
 
 MOR. 
 
 L E XIV. 
 
 0/"the THIEF <:</ the Doc. 
 
 THE Dog anf-wered the Thief 
 holding out Bread //>a 
 he would be filent, / /<?> thy 
 Treacheries, thou gireft Bread, 
 that / wy r/^ to bark, but 
 I hate //j; Gift ; for if 
 / (hall take f& ^rr^ thou 
 wilt carry a!l the Things 
 cut of thefc Hotifct. 
 C ' 
 
12 SELECT FABLES OF jESOP. 
 
 MOR. 
 Cavfa 
 
 parvi 
 
 MOR. 
 Take heed, /or //',? Sake of a fmall 
 
 Cave, 
 
 Commodi, amittas magnum. Profit, thou lofcft not a great one. 
 
 Cave, habeas Fidem Take heed, that thou bajl not Faith 
 in every Man ; for there arc 
 ivbo not c/z/7 fay &W- 
 />', but rf^> do &W- 
 ly, with Deceit. 
 
 furvts Homini ; nam funt 
 ^w non tanfttm dicunt be- 
 tiigne, fed & faciunt bz- 
 tiigne, Dolo. 
 
 De LUPO 
 
 FAB 
 
 SUCULA. 
 
 SUCULA fartunebat ; 
 Lupus pdlicetury Se 
 /or/? Ciutodem Fatus. 
 Secula fefpondit, Se won 
 fftr^ Obfcquio faipi ; 
 ii : 7//<r velit haberi 
 pius, j*r cupiat facers id, 
 yzW eft gratuni) abeat 
 longiits : Etenira ojfidum 
 J,upi cviijlare non Pricfcn- 
 tid, fed Abfentid. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Omnia no y^n/ creden- 
 da Omnibus* Multi poUlcen- 
 ittr fuam Of tram, non Amore 
 tin', y>^ fui ; <?n 
 quserentes /aww Commo" 
 fuum. 
 
 L E XV. 
 
 Cf the WOLF and the Sow. 
 
 TH E Sow row/6/ /// ; 
 the Wolf promrfer, that he 
 would te the Keeper o/ />?><? Tottng. 
 TheSowanfwerfd, That {he did not 
 tvtnt the Service o/" //v /^o^" ; 
 if He is willing to be accounted 
 aiFe&ionatc, //"hedefires/ot/o that, 
 'which is grateful, let him go 
 
 farther off ; For that the Offics 
 of the \Vo\tconJifted not J.-z^/V Prr- 
 
 /wff, but Aljentc. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 All things are nst to be trufl- 
 ed to all Men. Many pro- 
 m'tfe their Service, not out of Love 
 of you, 3/ of themfelves ; not 
 feeking thir.i Advan- 
 
 tage, but their own. 
 
 FABLE XVI. 
 
 De Partu Montium. 
 
 OLim erat Rumor, 
 quod Monies parturi- 
 rent. Homines accurrunt, 
 circum fid tint, cxpeflantes 
 n Morftri) non 
 Jme 
 
 Of the Bringing fortli 
 of the Mountains. 
 
 FOrmerly there was a Rumour, 
 that the Mountains >would 
 bring forth. The Men run thitler, 
 Hand round about, expecting 
 fomething of a Monger, not 
 tti 
 
SELECT FABLES OF JESOP. 13 
 
 fine Pavore. Tandem 
 Monies fartvriunt. Mus 
 txitf turn Omnes ridebant. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Jaclatores, cum profi- 
 tentur c5" oftentant magna, 
 vix faciunt parva. Qya- 
 prnpter ifti Thrafones funt 
 Jure Materia - Joci ^ fe 
 Scommatum. FtxcFabulaitem M 
 vetat inanes Timores. Nam forbids 
 plerumque Timor Periculi commonly 
 
 yottkoat Fear. Jit length the. 
 Mountains bring forth. A Moufc 
 comes out) then ^//laughed. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Braggers, w they pro- 
 fefs </ boaft .S^c* things, 
 fcaroe /a little things. W*- 
 /v tlinfe Thrafos are 
 the Matter o/ ^f/? and 
 Thij /"rt/'/i? alfo 
 vain .>rtr.r. For 
 the Fear o/" Danger 
 
 Scos. 
 
 e ft gravior 
 ipfo ; imo 
 
 Periculo 
 /'</, quod 
 
 is more grievous 
 it f elf ; nay 
 
 than the 
 
 that, 
 
 Danger 
 \vhich 
 
 metuimus, eft 
 
 ftps ridi- 
 
 we fea 
 
 !/', IS 
 
 i c/?^' 
 
 ridi- 
 
 culum. 
 
 
 culous. 
 
 
 
 
 FABLE XVII. 
 
 JDff LEPORIBUS 5* 
 RANIS. 
 
 SYlva mugitiits infolito 
 Turbine, trepidi 
 
 Lepores occipiunt rapine fu- 
 gere. Cum Palus oljljleret 
 fugientibus, Jletere anxii, 
 comprehenji Periculis 
 
 utrmqiie. QjJodqae ejjet 
 Incitamentum tnajoris 
 
 Timotis, indent Ranas 
 mergi in Palude, Tune 
 unut ex Leporibas pruden- 
 tior c difertior caierit 
 inquit, Quid inaniter time- 
 mus ? EH Opus Animo 
 quidem ; Eft Nobis Agilitas 
 Carports, fed Animus dee ft. 
 Hoc Periculum Tttrbinis 
 noti eft Ju^'iendum* fed con- 
 
 Of the HARES anal 
 the FROGS. 
 
 ufual lyijirlwindy the trem- 
 bling Hares begin hnflily to fly 
 away. When a Fe n Jloppe d then 
 flying, they Jlood anxious, 
 encompciffed vith Dangers 
 on both f.des* And -v/hat was 
 an Incitement of greater 
 Fear, they perceive the Frogs 
 to be plunged in the Fen. Then 
 one of ths Hares more pru- 
 dent and more eloquent than the reji 
 faid, What vainly at iuc 
 fear ? There is Need of Courage 
 indeed : There is to us Agility 
 of Body, but Courage is wanting. 
 This Danger of the Whirlwind 
 is not to be jled from t but con* 
 temned. 
 
 MOP. a 
 
H SELECT FABLES OF 
 
 Mo*. MOR. 
 
 Eft Opus Animo in 
 omni Re. Virtus jacet 
 fine Confidents. Nam Con- 
 Jidentia eft Dux & 
 Virtutis. 
 
 There is Need of Courage ta 
 every Thing. Virtue lies dead 
 without Confidence. For Da~ 
 ringnefs is the Leafier and Queen 
 of Virtue, 
 
 FABLE XVIII. 
 
 De HJEDO & LUPO. 
 
 CApRA, cum effet 
 iiura paftura, concludit 
 jHredum Doml, monens 
 ape r ire Nemini, dum ipfa 
 iCfdeat. Lupus, >ui 
 
 audiverat id procul, poft 
 Difceflum Matrix, 
 
 pulfat Fores, capiiffat 
 Voce, jubcns refludi. 
 Kasdus pretfentiens 
 
 I)olum inquit, Non aperio ; 
 nam etfi Vox capriflat, 
 tamen equidem video Lvpum 
 per Rirtas. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Filii, dbedtte Parentibus, 
 nam eft utile ; & decet 
 Juveneoi aufcultare 
 
 geni. 
 
 Of the Kip a</ the WOLF. 
 
 THE GOAT, when fhe was 
 about to go tq feed, Jhuts tip 
 the Kid at Home, warning her 
 to open to Nobody, till fhe 
 return. The Wolf, /Wo 
 had heard that afar off, <a/?rr 
 the Departure of the Mother, 
 knocks at the Doors, a&s the Goat 
 in Voice, ordering them tobeopenecl. 
 The Kid perceiving 
 
 the Cheat fays, I do not open ; 
 for altho* the Voice a8s the Goat, 
 yet indeed I fee a Wclf 
 thro* ^ Chinks. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Children, ofcy your Parents, 
 /or it is prof table ; and it becometh 
 a Young Man to hearken 
 to an Old Man. 
 
 ? A B L 
 
SELECT FABLES OF JESOP. 15 
 FABLE XIX. 
 
 Tie RUSTICO b" 
 * ANGUE. 
 
 QUIDAM Raflicfu 
 nutriverat Anguem ; 
 aliquando iratus petit 
 Sefltam Securi. llle evadit, 
 tton fine Vulnere. Poftea 
 Ritftictts deveniens in 
 Paupertatcm ratut eft id 
 Infortuftii accidere Sill 
 propter Injurlam Anguis. 
 Igitar fupplicat, vt re- 
 deat. /// ait, Se ignof- 
 cere, fed nolle redire ; 
 peque fore fecurum cum 
 Ruftico, cum fit 
 
 tanta Securis Dtxni ; 
 Dolorem vu/neris 
 
 defiifle, tamen Memoriam 
 fupereffc. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Eft <vix tutum habere 
 Pidem i, (^ui femel folvit 
 F'tdem. Condonare Injuriam, 
 id fane eft Mifericordig ; 
 fed caver c fibi, 
 
 tJ 1 dccet, fcf eft Pru- 
 Jtntix. 
 
 Ofihe COUNTRYMAN and 
 the SNAKE. 
 
 A CERT A IN Countryman 
 
 had nourifhed a Snake ; 
 on a time being angry He ilrikes 
 the Beajl with an Ax. He efcapes, 
 not without a Wound. Afterwards 
 the Countryman coming into 
 Poverty thought that 
 
 Misfortune happened to him 
 for the Injury of the Snake. 
 Therefore he entreats, that He 
 would return. He fays, that he for- 
 gave, but was unwilling to return ; 
 nor could he be fecure with 
 the Countryman, 'when there is 
 fo great an Ax at Home ; 
 that the Pain of the Wound 
 was worn away, yet the Memory 
 remained. 
 
 MOR. * 
 
 It is ykzra fafe to have 
 Faith in Him, Who once has broke 
 Faith. To forgive an Injury^ 
 that indeed is A&* Per/ of Mercy ; 
 but /o te^ /W of One's fclf, 
 o/ becomcth, and is //r /*ar/ of 
 Prudence. 
 
 FABLE XX. 
 
 s VutPECULA 
 ClCONlA. 
 
 O/ the Fox and 
 the STORK. 
 
 "VTUlpecula vocavit 
 
 it nnHE Fox called 
 
 Ciconiam a</Ccenam. JL the Stork to Supper. 
 
 Effundit Opfonium in She pours out the Vidluals upon 
 
 Mcnfqrn, Qod', cum ^ the Table, which, when V was 
 
 liquidum, liquid^ 
 
i6 SELECT FABLES OF JESOP. 
 
 liqiiidum, Ciconia tentante 
 Rojiro fruftra, Vulpecula 
 Ifngit. glufa Avis ablt, 
 pudetquc, figetqu: 
 
 Jnjuriaj. Pojl plufculnm 
 Dierum redit, iavitat 
 Vulpeculam. Vitreim Vas 
 erat fitum plenum Opfonii ; 
 quod Vas, ciim efict 
 arfJi Guttims, llcuit 
 Vulpecnlffi cidere, Bcefurire, 
 tion guftare. Ciconia facile 
 cxhaufit Rojiro. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Rifus merctur jRifum ; 
 jfocut Jo cum ; Dolus 
 Dolura ; & Fiaus Frau- 
 dtm. 
 
 liquid, the Stork endeavoaring 
 iv'tth her Sill in vain, the Fox 
 1 i c k s u p . The deluded B i rdgoe s a. way , 
 and is afnamed, and> vexed 
 at the Injury, sifter forr.c 
 Days fhe returns, invites 
 the Fox. A Glafs Veffcl 
 was placed full of Victuals ; 
 which Vtflel, when it was 
 o/"a narrow Neck, it was lawful 
 for the Fox to fee, and iunger, 
 not /o /rt/ftr. The Stork enjily 
 drtw it out ctJ/A >$ 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Laughter d?f ernes Laughter ; 
 a J^/? a Jeft ; a 7V/V* 
 a Trick ; and Deceit -k- 
 celt. 
 
 FABLE XXI. 
 
 DC Luro y piclo 
 
 Cafite. ^ 
 
 J UPUS wr/i/ f & 
 |. ,j miratur human um 
 Caput repertura in Officina 
 Sculptoris, fentiens habere 
 nihil Senfus, inquit, 
 pulchrum Caput, eft in 
 Te mu/tum Artis, fed 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Externa Pulcbritudo, fi in- 
 adfit, e/l grata ; fin 
 carendum eit allerutrd, 
 pradtat carere externa, 
 uam interna : uam ilia 
 ne hac interdum incurrit 
 Odium, ut Slcl'dus fit eo 
 cdio- 
 
 I 
 
 0/the WOLF and the painted 
 Head. 
 
 THE Wolf/arj ^on/, and 
 admires a human 
 Head found in the Shop 
 <?/"<2 Carver, perceiving it to havs 
 nothing of Senfe, he fays, O 
 fair Head, there is irt 
 Thee much of Art, wf 
 Nothing of Senfe. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Oat ward Beauty, if /^ //:- 
 war J be prefcnt,tVpleafing ; lutif 
 we muft want either ; 
 
 it is better to want the outward, 
 /rt/r the inward ; for that 
 without this fometimes- incurs 
 Hatrtdt that a /W/ is ^jr/i wwA 
 the 
 
SELECT FABLES OF ^ESOP. r 
 
 odiofior, 
 formofior. 
 
 quo 
 
 the more odions, by how much 
 the more handforae. 
 
 FABLE XXII. 
 
 De GRACULO. 
 
 GRACULUs orr.avit 
 Se Plants 
 
 Pavonis ; deinde vifus 
 pulchelluf Sibi contulit 
 i>e ad Genus Pavo- 
 mtm t fuo Gcnere faftidito. 
 //// tandem inttlligentes 
 Fraudem, nudalant Itoli- 
 tlam Avem Coloribus, 
 & affccerunt cum Plagis. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Hsec Falula notat eot t qul 
 gerunt fe fitblimiiis, quatn 
 ejl sequnm ; qul vivunt cum 
 iis, qui funt C3 5 ditiores, 
 & magls nobiles ; quarc fape 
 fiunt inopes t & funt 
 Ludibrio. 
 
 0/"the JACKDAW. 
 
 TH E JACKDAW adorned 
 Himfelf with the Feathers 
 of the Peacock ; then feeming 
 pretty to Himftlf he betook 
 Himfelf to the Race of the Pea- 
 cocli) his own Race being defpifed. 
 They at length under/landing 
 the Cheat, Jlripped the fool- 
 ifh Bird of his Colours, 
 and belaboured him with blows. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 This Fable denotes thofe, who 
 carry themfelves more loftily, than 
 is frf ; who live w/V/ 
 thofe, w^o are both more rich, 
 aJ more noble ; wherefore often 
 they become poor, and tf'"f 
 for a Laughing-flock. 
 
 FABLE XXIII. 
 
 De RANA 8? BOTE. 
 
 RAna cupida a:qiiandi 
 Bovem diftentabat fe. 
 Filius bortabatur Matrem 
 dcjiflere Caepto, 
 
 inquiensy Ranam ejje nihil 
 (id Bovem. Ilia intumuit 
 faitndiim, Natus c/amitat t 
 
 0/"the FROG and the OK. 
 
 A Frog dcfirous of equalling 
 an OK ftretched / 
 The Son advifed the Mother 
 to c?e/i/l from the Undertaking, 
 faying^ that a Frog was nothing 
 to an Ox. 5.6i- Avcliscl 
 
 a fcconrt time, Tiic f>oa ff/Vj cv/, 
 Met- 
 
IS SELECT FABLES OF JESOI*. 
 
 Mater, licet crepes, nun- 
 guam vinces Bovem. Autem, 
 cum intumuiflet tertium t 
 erepuit. 
 
 Mo*. 
 
 Qmfque habet fuarn 
 Dstem. Hie excel/it Forma, 
 Ille Viribus. Hie pallet 
 Cpibus, Ille Amicis. De- 
 cet Unumquemy; eflc con- 
 tentum fuo. Ille valet 
 Carper e, Tu Ingenio : 
 O^uucirca Quifque confulat 
 Semet t nee inv'tdeat Supe- 
 riori, QjiQa eft tntferum ; 
 rec o^/f/ certare, 
 
 Stultitle, 
 
 Mother, ^//^o* you burft, <?- 
 wr will you exceed the Ox. But* 
 ><rn (he had fvvelled a /i/rJ tim:, 
 flic burft. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Every one Lai his 
 Gj//. This Man excels in Beauty, 
 T&zf in Strength. This is powerful 
 in Richest That /a Friends. It 
 becometh Every one to be ccn- 
 /f/ with his own. He is ftrong 
 /a ody, Thou in Wit : 
 Wherefore 1st Every one confiilt 
 Hir:felf* nor envy a Supe- 
 rior, Which is a mlferable thing ; 
 nor it^/2 to contend, 
 Which is /A* Par/ of Folly. 
 
 FABLE XXIV. 
 
 Z)tf JE.QUO tf LEONE. Q/"the R6RSE and the LION. 
 
 LEO ivn// ad comedendum 
 Equum ; autem care'ns 
 Viribus prte Sene3a, coepit 
 meditari Artem : profit etur 
 Se Medicum : moratur 
 Equum Ambage V:rlorum. 
 Hie cfponit Dolum Dolo ; 
 fingit, Se nuper pvpiigiffs 
 Pedem in fpinofo Loco; 
 orat, ut Medicus 
 
 iufpiciens educat 
 
 Sentem. Leo parct. At 
 EquuSj quanta VI potn- 
 it, impiagit Calcetn Leoni, 
 & fontir.no conjicit Se 
 in PeJa. Leo vix 
 
 ta:ivlcm r:Jieas ad ^Sr. 
 
 THE LION <: omrf^ to fflf 
 the Horfe ; tut wanting 
 Strength thro' old dgt, he began, 
 to meditate an Art : /T<? profejfts 
 Himfelf a Phyftcian : He ftays 
 the Horfe with a Circuit of Word:. 
 He o//>a/ Deceit /o Z>'/ . 
 He feigns, that he lately bad prick- 
 ed his Foot /a a thorny Place ; 
 He prays, that the Phyfician 
 looking into it would draw out 
 the Thorn. The Lion obeys. But 
 thz fforfe, with how great Force he 
 co\i[d,Jlrilef his Heel ?//>oa A&f Lie*:, 
 and immediately betakes Himfelf 
 to /;// /fw/j. The Lion /WT- 
 at length returning to Himfe{f\ 
 for 
 
SELECT FABLES OF ^SOP. 19 
 
 ham fuerat prope 
 
 txanimatus I&u, in quit y 
 fero Pretium ob Stultitiam, 
 & is merito effugit ; 
 naro uttus eft JDolurn 
 Do/o. 
 
 MOR, 
 
 Simulatio ejl digna Od/i?, 
 & capienda Simulatione. 
 Apsrtus Ho ft is tion eft ti- 
 inendus ; fed qui Jimulat 
 Benevolentiam, rww fit Ho- 
 Jlis, is qnidem eft timendus, & 
 5^ digniffimus (Wi'0. 
 
 for />e /;<3^/ fcf aim oft. 
 dead with the Blow, fays, 
 I bear a Reward for my Folly* 
 and ^ defervedly hat fed away ; 
 for A<? ^JJ revenged Deceit 
 iy//<6 Deceit. 
 
 Moft. 
 
 Diftimulation M worthy of Hatred", 
 and /o ^e /a/'<rn with DiffiqaulaUon. 
 An open Enemy is not to be fear- 
 ed ; but he who pretends 
 Benevolence, token he is an Ene- 
 my, he indeed is to le feared t and 
 if mod worthy of Hatred. 
 
 FABLE XXV. 
 
 De 
 
 AVIEUS fcf Qjiadru 
 pedibus. 
 
 ERAT Pugna Avibiis 
 cum Qiiadrtipedibus. 
 Erat utrinque Spes, 
 utrinque Metus, untrinque 
 Periculum : autem Vefyer- 
 tilio relinquens Socios, de- 
 ficit ad Hoftcs. A<ves 
 vincunt, Aquild ' Duce 
 f3* Aufpice ; *uero darn- 
 uant Transfugam Vefper- 
 tilionem, vti nunquam 
 redeat ad Aves, utl nunquam 
 volet Luce. Hsc /2 
 Caufa Vefpertilioni) ut 
 o Wf/, nifi Nctfu. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Qjii renuit 
 Adverfitatis 
 
 efle Particep: 
 & Fcriculi 
 
 BIRDS and the four-foot- 
 ed Beads. 
 
 THere was aBattteto theBirds 
 , lu'tth the four-footed Beads. 
 There was on both fides Hope 9 
 on both fides Fear, on both fides 
 Danger : but the 
 
 Bat leaving his Companions, re- 
 volts to the Enemies. The Birds 
 overcome, the Eagle being Captain 
 and Leader ; lut they con- 
 demn the Runaway Batj 
 that he never 
 
 return to f/& Birds, that ^ iwwr 
 fly in */k Light. This ir 
 a Reafon for the Bat, that 
 ^tf/fy not, vinlefs in the Night. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 He that refufes to be Partaker 
 of Adverfuy an^ Danger 
 
20 SELECT FABLES OF JESOV. 
 
 expers 
 & Salutis. 
 
 Sociis, er'it 
 
 Profperitatis, 
 
 with his Companions, Jhall be 
 deftitute of their Profperity, 
 and Safety. 
 
 FABLE XXVI. 
 
 De SYLVA & Ru3- 
 
 TICO. 
 
 QU O Tempore erat 
 Sermo etiaoi Arlo- 
 ribus, Rufticus venit 
 in Sylvan, rogat, ut 
 liceat tollere Capu- 
 
 lura adfuam Securim. Sylva 
 annuit. Rufticus, 
 
 Securi aptata, ccrpit fuc- 
 cidere Arbor es. Turn, fcy* 
 quidem fero pcenituit 
 Sylvam fuse Facilitatis, 
 doluit (JJe Seipfam 
 
 Caufam fiii Exlt'ti. 
 
 Moi. 
 
 Vide, de Quo merearis 
 bene : fuere multi, >ui 
 abufi funt Benejlclo accepto 
 in Pcrnicicm Autoris. 
 
 0/"the WOOD and the COUN- 
 TRYMAN. 
 
 AT what Time there was 
 a Speech even /o 
 Trees, a Countryman r/7/r 
 into the Wood, afks, //ta/ 
 it may be lawful to take a Han- 
 dle to his Ax. The Wood 
 confents. The Countryman, 
 /ta yfx being fitted, began to 
 cut down ^<r Trees. Then, <MK/ 
 indeed /oo late it repented 
 ^<? Woorf of her Eafinefs, 
 it grieved her to be Herfclf 
 the Caufs of her own Deflruftion. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 See, of whom ihou mayejl deferve- 
 well : there have been many, Who 
 have abufed a Benefit received 
 to the Deftiuftion of the Author. 
 
 FABLE XXVII. 
 
 De LUPO 5* VutPE. 0/"the WOLF and the Fox. 
 
 effet 
 
 LUPUS, cum 
 fat"ts Prredre, dfgebat in 
 
 Vulpecula accedit, 
 fcifcitatur Caufam Otii. 
 Lupus fen fit, /fo 
 
 Mor- 
 bum 
 
 Infidias, fimiilat 
 
 THE WOLF, when there wa 
 enough of Prey, //W</ in 
 Idlenels. The Fox foww /o ii'm, 
 demands the Caufe of his Idlenefs. 
 The Wolf perceived, there were 
 Treadxries, pretends a Bif- 
 
SELECT FABLES OF ^ESOP. 11 
 
 bum eje Caufam, oral 
 Vulpeculam ire precatum 
 Deos. Ilia Jo/ens, Dolnra 
 nan fuccedere, adit Pa/lorem, 
 monet, Latebras 
 
 Lupi fotere, & Ho- 
 *flem fecurum poj/e opprimi 
 inopinato. Pallor adori- 
 tur Lupum, madat. Vul- 
 pes potitur Antro s* Pneda ; 
 fed breve fuit Gaudium 
 fui fceleris illi ; nam paulo 
 pod idem Pad or cafit 
 ipfam. 
 
 MeR. 
 
 Invidia cftfaa'a Res, ff 
 interdum perniciofa quoque 
 Author i ipfi. 
 
 eafe to be the Caufe, prays 
 the Fox to go to pray the, 
 Gods. She grieving, that the Trick 
 did not fucceed, goes to the Shepherd, 
 advifes him, that the Den 
 of the Wolf lay open, and the Ene- 
 my bting fecure could be deftroyed 
 unawari's. The Shepherd rifes 
 upon the Wolf, flays him. The 
 Fox obtains the Den and\\\e. Prey ; 
 but fliort was the Joy 
 of her Villainy to her ; for a little 
 after /A? fame Shtpherd taiet 
 her. 
 
 Mo*. 
 
 Envy is _/o/ Thing, and 
 fo me times pernicious alfo 
 
 fo the Author himfelf. 
 
 FABLE XXVIII. 
 
 De VIPERA :f LIMA. 
 
 VIpera ojendens Limam 
 in Fabrica captt 
 rodere : Lima fuhrifit, in- 
 quifnsi Inepta, Quid agis * 
 Tu contriveris tuot 
 Denies antequam atteras 
 Me, Qu& foleo prasmorderc 
 Duritiem >Eris. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Vide etlam atq; etlam 
 Qu^icum habeas Rem ; 
 Si acuas Denies 
 
 in fortiorem, rion nccu- 
 cris il!i t fed tilt* 
 
 Of the VIPER and the FILE. 
 
 A VIPER finding a File 
 in a Smith's Shop, fo^aft 
 to gnaw it: The File fmiled,yi7y- 
 /'-, Fool, What doll thoti do ? 
 Thou wilt have worn out thy 
 Teeth before thou wcarefl out 
 Hfe, who OCT <wont to gna\v off 
 /j&f Hardnefs of Brafs. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 See again and <fa/ 
 with whom tkou haft an AtFair ; 
 if thou whetteft Mj TVrfA 
 againil ajlronger Man t thou wilt 
 not have hurt /m t but thy f elf. 
 
 FABLE 
 
SELECT FABLES OF JESOP. 
 FABLE XXIX. 
 
 De CERVO. 
 
 CErvus, confpicatus fe iy 
 perfpicuo Fonle, pro- 
 bat procera & ramofa 
 Cornua, fed damnat Exili- 
 tatem Tibiarum : forte 
 dutn contemplatur, dum ju- 
 dicat, Venator interveuit : 
 Cervus fogit* Canes infec- 
 tantur fugientem ; fed cum 
 tntraviffet denfam Syfoam, 
 Cornua erant implicita 
 JRamis. Turn demum 
 laudabat Tilias, & damna- 
 lat Cornua, <$utz feccre, 
 r,t cffet Przda Canibus. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Petimus fugienda, 
 
 fngimus petenda ; Q^as 
 cfficiunt placent. S^te con^ 
 ferunt dlfplicent. Cupimus 
 JBeatitudiiiem, priufquam 
 
 intelligatnus, ubi Jit : Ouae- 
 rimu3 ExceUentiam Opum, 
 5" Celfitudinem Honorum ; 
 opinaranr Beatltudinem 11- 
 tam in his, in quibus ejl 
 tarn mult urn JLaboris, y 
 Doloris. 
 
 0/the STAG. 
 
 A Stag, having o&f/df himfelf <a 
 a clear Fountain, ap- 
 proves A/J lofty and branched, 
 Horns, / condemns the Small- 
 nefs of his Legs. By Chance , 
 vvhilft Af 7oo/j, whilft ^ judges, 
 the Huntfman /o^J ^y ; the 
 Stagjlies away. The Dogs pur- 
 foe him flying ; tut when 
 ^ Aa^ entered a thick Wood % 
 his Horns <ztw entangled 
 ' /^ Boughs. Then o/ 7^/2 
 he praifed his Legs, and condemn- 
 ed his Horns, which made, 
 that he was at Pr^y to the Dogs. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 We defire Things to bejhunned, 
 we fly Things to be de fired ; what 
 hurt pleafe. What pro- 
 fit difpleafe. We defire 
 Happinefs, before that 
 we under/land, where // is ; We 
 feek the Excellency of Riches, 
 and the Loftinefs of Honours ; 
 we think Happinefs pla- 
 ced in thefe, in which there is 
 fo mi/ft& of Labour, and 
 Pain. 
 
 FABLE XXX. 
 
 De LUPIS # AGNIS. O/" the WOLVES 0</ the LAMBS. 
 
 ALiquando fuit Fcedus 
 inter Lupos & \J between the Wolves 
 Agnos, >uibus eft the Lambs, to ivhom there is 
 Difcordia 
 
SELECT FABLES OF ^ESOP. 23 
 
 Difcordia Natura. Obfi- a Difcord by Nature. Hofta- 
 dilus datis utrinqtte, ges being given on both Sides, 
 
 Lupi dedere fuos Catulos, the Wolves gave their Whelps, 
 Oves Cohortem Canuon. the Sheep their Troop of Dogs. 
 Qvibus quietis 5" pafcen- The Sheep being quiet and feed- 
 ing, the little Wolves by the De- 
 fire of their Dams fend forth 
 Howlings : Then the Wol<oes 
 rufhing on them cry out, 
 
 Fidem, Fzdufque that their Faith, and League 
 
 folutum, laniantque Oves was broken, and butcher the Sheep 
 1 itute of their Guard of Dogs. 
 
 tibus, Lupuli Defide- 
 rio Matrum edunt 
 
 Ululatw : Turn Lupi 
 irruentes clamitant, 
 
 iejlitutas Prsefidio Canum. 
 MOR. 
 
 Eft Infcitia, fi in Feed ere 
 tradas tua Prafulia 
 
 Hofti ; nam qui full 
 Hollis, for/an nondum 
 defivit cfle Hojiis ; & for- 
 tajfis ceperit Caufam, cur 
 acloriatur te nudatum tuo 
 Prajidio. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 It 
 
 is Folly, if in a League 
 //tatf delivere/t thy Guards 
 to an Enemy ;/pr he who Aaj ta^n 
 an Enemy, perhaps not yet 
 /rflj ceafed to be a Enemy ; and ^r- 
 ^a^j will take Occajion, why 
 ^ may rife upon \.\\zejlript of thy 
 Guard. 
 
 FABLE XXXI. 
 
 De MEMBRIS & VEKTRE. 0/"the MEMBERS one/the BKLLY. 
 
 FOrmerly the Feet and Hands 
 acculed the Belly, 
 
 that the Gains of them 
 were devoured by him being idle. 
 They command, or let him labour, 
 or not think to be maintained. He 
 intreats once and again ; 
 yet the Hands deny Suflc- 
 nance ; the Belly being exhaufted 
 with Want, when all //ta Limbs 
 began /<? yi/7 ; then a/ lajl 
 the Hands wf willing to be o^- 
 <?j, but that too late ; ybr 
 the Belly 
 
 OLim P^J & Manus 
 incufabant Ventrem^ 
 quod Lucra ipforum 
 vorarcntur ab o otiofo. 
 Jubent, aut laboret, 
 
 aut we //i?/ ali. ///? 
 fupplicaty^mf/ atq; iterum ; 
 tamen Manus negant 4H- 
 tnenfum ; Ventre exhaujlo 
 Inedia, vbi otnnes Artus 
 coepere deficere ; turn tandem, 
 Manus -voluerunt efle offici- 
 j r f f verura id fero ; nam 
 Venter 
 
24 SELECT FABLES OF 1ESOP. 
 
 Venter debilis Defuctudine 
 renuit Cibum. Ita cunH 
 drtus, dura incident Ven- 
 tri, per cunt cura pereunte 
 Vent re. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Societas Mcmlrorum 
 
 non differt ab Humana Socie- 
 tate. Mtmbrum eget Mcm- 
 bro, dmicus Amico ; quare 
 utamur tnutuis Officiis, 
 mutuls Operibus ; nam ncq; 
 Dna6* t ncquc Dignitates 
 tucutur Hominem falls. 
 Unicum & fummum Pras- 
 Cdium eft Amicitia 
 
 Complurium. 
 
 the Belly weak by Difufc 
 rrfufed Meat. Thus all 
 
 the Limbs, whilft they envy the Bel- 
 ly, perift with the pert/ling 
 Belly. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 The Society cf the Members 
 does not differ from human Socle- 
 ety. A Member -wants a Mem- 
 ber, a Friend a Friend ; wherefort 
 let us ufe mutual Offices^ 
 mutual Works ; /or neither 
 Riches t nor Dignities 
 
 defend a Man enough. 
 The only and chief Safe, 
 guard w the Ftiendfhip 
 of Many. 
 
 FABLE XXXII. 
 
 De SIMIA ef VUIPECULA. O/ the APE aW the Fox. 
 
 ejje 
 
 SImia orat Vulpecuhm,- 
 ut daret Parlem 
 Caudae fibi ad tegendas 
 Nates ; nam efTct Om- 
 ri Illi, 
 Ufui & 
 Ilia refpondet, 
 itnnis, & 
 Humum 
 //a Cauda, 
 tes &VR/ tegi. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Snnt, ^ui egetit ; funt, 
 quibus fapereft ; tamen 
 id eft Moris Nulli Divi- 
 tum, \it ^f/ Egenos 
 jTuperflud Re. 
 
 foiet 
 Illi. 
 
 Nihil 
 
 ir.alle 
 verri 
 Na- 
 
 THE Ape /rjv the Fox, 
 /^a/ /he would give Par/ 
 of her Tail to Her to cover 
 her Buttocks ; /or that was a Bur- 
 den to Her, Which would be 
 an Ufe and Honour to Her. 
 5/v anfwers, /Aaf /'/ was Nothing 
 too much, and thatjhe had rather 
 Ma/ /&r Ground fbould be brufhed 
 with her Tail, than that th* But- 
 tocks of the dfre be covered. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 There are, w^o want ; there are, 
 to whom /^r<? is overmuch ; yet 
 Ma/ is of a Cujlom to no One of the 
 Rich, that <? blefs the Need,y 
 <zy;/A bis fitperfiuous Stare. 
 
 FABLE 
 
SELECT FABLES OF^ESOP. 25 
 
 FABLE XXXIII. 
 
 De Vulpecula fc? MuPc'a. 0/the Fox and the Weafcl. 
 
 VUlpecula tennis longa 
 Inediu forte repfit 
 per angujlam Rimatn in 
 Cameram Fntmenti, in qua 
 ciimfuit probe pajla t dcinde 
 Venter diftentus impedit 
 tentantem egrcdi rurfits. 
 Mujlela procul contemplata 
 ludtantcm, tandem monet, 
 Ji ctipiat exire t 
 
 redeat ad Cavum niacra, 
 quo intraverat macra. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Videas complures lastos 
 aique alacrcs in Mediocri- 
 tate, "jacuot Cyris, expertos 
 Molefliis Animl. Sin 
 
 Illi fuerlnt fa&l divites, 
 videbis eos incedere mcEftos ; 
 nunquam porrigere Fron- 
 tem, plenos Curls t obrutos 
 Molefiiii Animi. 
 
 THE ToxJIender by long 
 Want by chance crept 
 through a narrow Chink into 
 a Heap of Corn, in which 
 when Jhe <was well fed, then 
 her Belly being ftretched hindered 
 her trying to go out again. 
 A Weajel afar off having feen her 
 ftriving, at length advifes, 
 if flic defires to go out, 
 ftie would return to the Hole lean, 
 at which /he had entered lean. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 You may fee many merry 
 and chearful in Mediocri- 
 ty, void of Cares, free 
 from Troubles of Mind. But if 
 They fhall be made rich, 
 you Jhall fee them go fad ; 
 never to fmooth their Fore- 
 head, full of Cares, overwhelmed 
 with Troubles of Mind. 
 
 FABLE XXXIV. 
 
 De EQJJO y CERVO. 0/the HORSE and the STAG. 
 
 ECnius gcrelat Bellilm 
 cum Cervo ; tandem 
 pulfus e Pa feu is 
 
 imploralat humanam Qpem. 
 Rcdit cum Homine, dcfccn- 
 dit in Camjunn, videos 
 snfea jam fit Viftor ; 
 fed 
 
 TH E Horfe rarr</ on War 
 w/V^ the Stag ; a/ length 
 being driven out of the Paftures 
 /fc implored human Help. 
 He returns with a Man, /rV <fr 
 fcenas into //>f Field, he conquered 
 befcr; now becomes Conqueror ; 
 
26 SELECT FABLES OF JESO$. 
 
 fed tamciT Hojle vifto, but yet the Enemy being conquered s 
 &f miffo fub Jugum, ejl and fent under the Yoke, // 
 ipfe necefiary. that the Vi&or himfelf 
 Fert ferve //^ Man. He bears 
 />- //;<; Horfeman on his Back, /^ ri- 
 die in his Mouth. 
 
 necefle, ut Viftor 
 ferviat Homini. 
 E quit em Darfo, 
 num Ore. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Multi dimicant contva 
 Paupertatem ; qua vicld 
 per Indu/lriam & Fortunam, 
 Libertas Visions faspe 
 intent ; quippe Domini & 
 ViSores Paupertatis incipi- 
 ent fervire Divitiis ; an- 
 guntur Flagr'ts Avari- 
 tiae, cohibentur 
 
 Fraenis Parcimoni<t ; 
 
 nee tenent Mod urn que- 
 rendi, nee audent uti 
 Rebus partis, jujlo fup- 
 plicio quidem Avaritiae. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Many fgkt againd 
 
 Poverty ; which being overcome 
 by Indujlry and Fortune, 
 the Liberty o/~ /A<? ^7ff<?r often 
 perifbeth ; for /^ Lords and 
 Conquerors of Poverty ta- 
 ^/n to ferve Riches; they are tor- 
 mented W//A M* Whips of Ava- 
 rice, /Ai?y are rejlrained 
 \vith the Bridles o/" Parjimony ; 
 nor </o ftay >&o/^ a Mean of get- 
 ting, nor </a /Ary ^izr^ to ufe 
 the Things got, a jujl Punifh-^ 
 men I indeed of Cqjretoufnefs. 
 
 FABLE XXXV. 
 
 D^Duobus Addefcentilus. 
 
 DU O Adohfcenies 
 
 fimulant, fefe emptu- 
 ros Carnem apud Coquum : 
 Coquo agents alias Res, 
 Alter arripit Carnem e 
 Caniftro, dat Socio, 
 ut occultet fub 
 
 Vefte. Coquus, ut 
 
 uidit Part em Carnis 
 fubrcptam Jlbi t ccepit infi- 
 mulare utrumq; Furti. Q^ii 
 aljluhrat, pcjerat per 
 Jovem, fe liabere Nihil ; 
 
 0/Tvvo ToungMek* 
 
 W O young Men 
 
 pretend, that they would 
 buy Flejh at a Cook's : 
 The Cook doing other Things, 
 One fnaickes Flcfh ca/ of 
 aBaflcetj^rzw ;'/ to hisCompanion, 
 that -he may hide it under 
 his Garment. Tta C"oo^, as foon as 
 he faw Part of the Flejk 
 ftolen from him, began to ac- 
 caft each of Theft. He that 
 had taken it away, f wears by 
 Jove, that he had Nothing j 
 but 
 
SELECT FABLfiS OF ^ESOP. 
 
 veto is, qui haluit, pejerat 
 iJentidetn, fc abjixlif- 
 fc Nihil. ^ Ad Q^ios 
 Coquui inquit, quidem nunc 
 Fur later., fed is, ptr 
 quern juraviflis, infpexit, 
 is fcit. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Cum peccavimus, Homines 
 non fciunt id Jlatim ; at 
 Deus videt omnia, qui y^/ff 
 fupcr Calosy & intuttur 
 A by fibs. 
 
 but ^f, xvho &z</ it, fwearg 
 again and again, that he had taken 
 away Nothing. To whom 
 the Cock fays, indeed now 
 the Thief lies hid, but he, j- 
 whom you have f wore, looked on 
 he knows. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 When sue have Jinne'd, Men 
 do not Inoiv ft prcjently ; but 
 Gad fees a// things, who ^//r/c 
 upon /ta Heavens, and /co/ff //> 
 the Deeps. 
 
 ABLE XXXVI. 
 
 &f LANIO* 
 
 CUM Ca.w abftuliffet 
 Carnetn Lanio in 
 Macello, continuo conje- 
 cit fefs in Ptd:s quantum 
 fotuit. Lanias ptrculfus 
 Jadluri Rei, primilm 
 tacuit, deinde recipient 
 Animum, fie acclamavit 
 frocttft O fu^acifiime, 
 curre tutus, licet tibi 
 currert impune : nam nunc 
 tutus ob Cclcritatcm, 
 autem polthac sbftrva- 
 beris cautius. 
 
 MOR, 
 
 Hacc Fabula fignificat, 
 fltrofqut Homines turn 
 dcmum Jicri cautiorcs, 
 cum accepsrint Damnttpt. 
 
 Of the Dccar.Jilic BUTCHER. 
 
 WHen t&eDoghad taken away 
 Flc/b from the Butcher in 
 the Shambles, immediately he be- 
 took himfelf to hit Heels as much as 
 if could. The Butcher JlrucJ. 
 with the Lofs oftbtThing, atfirft 
 ^//f/ /' Peace, afterwards taking 
 Courage, /Aa* he cried to him 
 a/cr cifi O mod thieving Cur> 
 run fafe, iV M lawful for thte 
 /<? r unpunifticdly ; far noT* 
 Moa art fafe ^br thy Svviftnefsj 
 but hereafter than Jbalt be objer*- 
 ved more cautioufly. 
 
 MOR, 
 
 This Falle fjgnifies, 
 
 that mojl Men then 
 
 at length become more cautious* 
 
 ra they hate received Damage. 
 
 F A B L E, 
 
28 SELECT FABLES OF JESOP. 
 
 FABLE XXXVII. 
 
 De AGNO cS* LUPO. 
 
 LUpus cccurnt Agno 
 comitanti Cap rum, 
 rogitat, cur Metre reli&a, 
 potlus fequatur olldum 
 Hircum, fuadetque, ut rede- 
 at ad Ubera Mat r is 
 tit/lent a Lae, fperans, 
 fore ifa, ut la- 
 
 ii'tet abdutflum ; vero ilic 
 i/zya/V, O Ltipe, Mater 
 commifit me a/V. 
 
 Kuic fumma Cura fervan- 
 di efl </J/<3 y obfcquar Pa- 
 rz//' potius ywanz tibi, (7^' 
 poftulas feducere me j/?w 
 Diftis, tf mox J//?dT- 
 /frf fubdudlum. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Noli />a&rr Fidera 
 Omnibus ; nam J^fu///, dum 
 videntur velle prodejje 
 Aliis, interim confulunt 
 Sib't. 
 
 Of the LAMB an^/ the WOLF.. 
 
 TH E Wolf meets the Lamb 
 accompanying the Goat, 
 be qfes, why ^/j Mother being left, 
 &r ra/^r follows a Jllnling 
 Goat, and advifes, that he would 
 return to the Dugt of his Mother 
 Jlretched with Milk, hoping, 
 that it would be/?, that A* way 
 butcher him drawn away ; but he 
 fays, O //^ my Mother 
 hath committed me /<? him, 
 To him //><r ^/V/" Care of keep- 
 ing is given ; I fhall obey a Pa- 
 rent rather than thee, iuha 
 required to f educe me with thofe 
 Sayings, and bjr and by /o tear 
 me in pieces drawn away. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Be unwilling to have Faith 
 in all Men ; for Many, whilft 
 they feem to be willing to profit 
 Others, in the mean time confult 
 for Themfelves. 
 
 FABLE XXXVIII. 
 
 De Agricola & Filiis. 0/the Hulbandman and his Sons. 
 
 AGricola kabtbat com- 
 plures Fi/ios, lique 
 fuJre difcordts infer 
 
 Se, guos Pater 
 
 elabor ans t rah ere ad mu- 
 tuura Ar,iorem % Fafciculo 
 a/- 
 
 A 
 
 Hufbandman lad ma- 
 ny Sons, and they 
 awf difagreeing among 
 
 themfflves, whom the Father 
 labouring to draw to mu- 
 tual Love, a little Faggot 
 be- 
 
SELECT FABLES OF ^SOP. 29 
 
 being fut t commands them Jingle 
 to break it bound about 
 with a fhort Cord : Their weak 
 Touth endeavoureth in vain ; 
 The Father loofes it, and gives 
 to each a Twig, tuhich 
 when with his Strength every one 
 eafily broke ; He Ja\th t O 
 Children, thus Nobody will be able 
 to conquer You agreeing ; buc 
 if ye fhall be willing to rags 
 with mutual Wounds, and 
 /o drive on inteftine War, 
 ye Hiall be at length for a Prey 
 to your Enemies. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 This Fable teaches, that f mall 
 Things increafe by Concord, 
 great Things fall away by D if cord. 
 
 tppoftto, jubet 
 effringere circumdatum 
 
 brevi FunlcuJo : Imbecilla 
 JEtatula conatur frvjlra : 
 Pater folvity redditque 
 
 Jingulis Virgiilam, quant 
 cum fro fuis Piribus quifque 
 
 facile frangeret ; Inqult, O 
 Filioli, fie Nemo poterit 
 vine ere Vos Concordes ; fed 
 
 Jl volueritis fevire 
 
 mutuis Vulncribusy atque 
 ttg it are inteitinum Bellurr., 
 eritis tandem Pisedx 
 Hojlibus. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Hsec Falula docet, parvas 
 Res crefcere Concordia, 
 wagnas dilabi Difcordid. 
 
 FABLE XXXIX. 
 
 De CARBONARIO s* 
 FULLONS. 
 
 CArbonarius invitabat 
 Fullonem, ut habita- 
 ret fecum in eadem Domo. 
 Fullo inquit, mi Homo, 
 ijlud noa eft mihi, *el 
 Cordiy vel utile ; 
 
 nam vereor magnopere, ne t 
 Quae eluam, Tu 
 
 redclas tarn e 
 Car bo eft. 
 
 quara 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Monemur 
 Apologo atnlulare 
 
 0/"the COLLIER a/it/ 
 the FULLER. 
 
 r T" l 'HE ^ Collier invited 
 JL. the Fuller, //?>a/ he would 
 dwell with him in the fame Houfc. 
 The Fuller faith, my Man, 
 that is not to me, either 
 to nty Hcart t or profitable ; 
 for / fear greatly, lejl 
 what Things / ivajl clean, Thou 
 mayjl make as blacky as 
 a Coal is. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 hoc We are admonifhed 
 cum Apologue to 
 
 this 
 with 
 
jo SELECT FABLES OF 
 
 inculpatis ; monemur 
 
 devitarc Consortium fcele- 
 r at or urn Hqminum, velut 
 certam Pejlem j nam iwf- 
 que cvadit tails, quales //' 
 iunt, quibbfcum verfatur. 
 
 the iintlamed } we arc admonifhcd 
 to avoid the Company of wick' 
 ed Men, at 
 
 a certain Plague ; for every 
 one cometh out fuck, as they 
 are, with whom he is conveifant. 
 
 FABLE XL, 
 
 DC AUCUPE 3" 
 PAUUMBO. 
 
 AUceps -vldet Palum- 
 bum/irof/nidulantem 
 in altiffima Arbore ; adpro- 
 ptrat ; denique njpjitur 
 {njidias ; forte premit 
 Anguern Calcibus ; hie 
 mordct. Ille exanimatus im- 
 provifo Mala, inquit, mife- 
 rum Me ! dum infidior 
 dhfrit Ipfe di/perto. 
 
 MQR. 
 
 Hxc Fatula fignificat, 
 JEot nonnunquam cipcum- 
 veniri fuis Artibui t Q^i 
 met/it Mlur mala. 
 
 0/"the FOWLER aflT 
 the RiNG-Dovt. 
 
 TH E Fowler/^ the Ring- 
 Dove afar -off 'making aNeli 
 in a very high Tree ; he haftens 
 to him ; foal/y he contrives 
 Snares ; by Chance he prefles 
 a Snake with l/ts Heels ; he 
 bites him. He terrified at the fud- 
 den vil t fays, wretch- 
 ed Me ! ivbllft I lay Snarej 
 y^r ayctker, I myfelf pertfh. 
 
 This jy/tf fignifies, /^a| 
 ^<?y fometimes are circumvent- 
 ed with their own Arts^ who 
 meditate evil Things. 
 
 FABLE XLT. 
 
 AGRICOLA < 
 CAMBUS. 
 
 Gricola, 
 hyemaflet 
 multcs Dies, 
 tandem, laborare 
 
 etspit 
 
 0/"the HUSBANDMAN anct 
 the DOGS. 
 
 TH E Hnfbandman, whtn 
 he had wintered in 
 th Country many Days, 
 
 Penuria at length to labour with the Want 
 
 4 
 
Rcrum, inter- 
 fecit Ovcs, deinde & 
 Caff Has, poflremo guoque 
 
 SELECT FABLES OF &SOP. jt 
 
 of necejfary Things, he kill- 
 ed hit Sheep, afterwards alfo 
 his Goats, la illy alfo 
 
 jnaftat JSovet, ut hahat be flays bis Oxen, that he may have 
 quo Jujlentet Corpufculum, wherewith he may fuftain his Bndy, 
 fene cxhauftum Inedid. almofl exhaufted with Want. 
 Canes >oidentes id conftituunt The Dogs feeing that refolve 
 qiixrere Saltern Fiiga ; to feek Safety by Flight ; 
 ettnim Sefe non viSuros for that they /hould not live 
 diutius, qvando Herus non longer, ivhen their Matter has not 
 pefercit Bobus quidem, /pared hi Oxen ind <?./, 
 Quorum Opera utebatur in whofe Labour he ufed in 
 facienilo ruflico Opere.. doing Aw Country-Work. 
 
 MQR. 
 
 MOR, 
 
 Si vis tfie fahus t If thou art 'willing to be fafe t 
 
 dccede ab eo eito, quem withdraw from him foon, whom 
 
 vit/es redac^um ad eas thou feeji reduced to thofe 
 
 rfngujlias, ut confumat Strait's^ that A^ confumes 
 
 Inllrumenta necejfaria fuis the luftruments necejfary for his 
 
 Operibus, quo fuppleatur 
 prsfcnii Inedit. 
 
 *) whereby 
 for the prcfent 
 
 befupplied 
 
 FABLE XLII. 
 
 JDe VULPE (5* LEONE. 
 
 VUtpECULA, 
 non folcbat videre 
 Immanitatem JLeonit, con- 
 templata W Animal femtl 
 atque iterum trepidabat, 3* 
 fugitabat. Cum jam ^r//o 
 Leo oltdiftt fefc oiw- 
 <Jz, Vulpes non metuit 
 Quicquam, fed confidenter 
 4^', & faltital ilium. 
 
 O^the Fox and the LIOK. 
 
 TH E Fox, w^s 
 
 wai not wont to fee 
 the Fiercenefs of the Lion t having 
 viewed that Beaft once 
 and fl^a/rt trembled, <7</ 
 fled. When now a f/W Time 
 the Lion A<aaf offered himfclf in hit 
 Way, the Fox feared not 
 any Thing, but confidently 
 him. 
 
 MOR. 
 
SELECT FABLES OFJESOP. 
 
 MOR. MOR. 
 
 Confuetudo facit Nos .Cuftora males Ut 
 
 ntnes audaciores, vel all bolder, even 
 
 apud Eos, Q^os vix antea among Thofe, Whom fcarce before 
 
 eti/i fuimus afpicere. ""* l*/mf-A*+*J *r l/\^L- ,,r>/%,. 
 
 <we have dared to look upon, 
 
 FABLE XLIII. 
 
 ZfcVulpe fcf Aqulla 
 
 PROLES 
 excurrcbat foras ; 
 
 coraprehernfa a Aquila /V.i- 
 plorat Fidctn Mains. Ilia 
 Mccurrit t rogat j4quilam, ut 
 ftimittai Captivam 
 
 Prolem. Aqiiila Kc5a 
 frxdzm fulvolat ad Pullos. 
 V'llpes, /"a cor- 
 
 rcpta, q ua j* eff^t 
 
 fbfumf>tura Munitionem 
 
 fntenth, Cum jam 
 
 afcendiffet sfrkorem, 
 
 inqiiit, nune lucre 1'e t 
 tuofque, Ji potes. Aqui- 
 la trepidans, dum mctuit 
 Jncendlum t inqnit,/>ar Mihi, 
 rcddara quicyuld habeo 
 luum. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Intellige per Aquilam 
 fotentes, atq; audaccs j per 
 Pulpcm pauperculos, Quos 
 Divites ftipenumero opprt- 
 
 Of the Fox and the Eagle. 
 
 THE Young of the Fox 
 ran abroad ; 
 
 caught by the Eagle foe im- 
 plores the Help of her Dam. She 
 raw i//, aiks the Eagle, that 
 yj* would difmifs her Captive 
 Toiing. The Eagle having got 
 her Prey^/Vj aiy<3y to /& Toung. 
 The Fox, a Firebrand being 
 fnatched up, #/ / fhe was 
 about to J<j!rey her Fortrefs 
 with Fire, When now 
 fhc hr.d gotten upon the Tree, 
 fays, now defend 
 and thine, j/"Thou canft. 
 gle trembling, whilfl fhe fears 
 
 Inter dum probe uklfcuntur 
 Injuriam accrptam. 
 
 I will 
 
 Fire t fays, fpare Me, 
 ill reftore ivhatfoeicr I have 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Underfland iy the Eagle 
 the potent, and bold ; by 
 /itf /ox the Poor, Whom 
 the Rich oftentimes op- 
 prefs 3y Force. But the Hurt 
 fometimes foundly revenge 
 
 the Injury received. 
 
 FABLE 
 
SELECT FABLES OF ^ESOP. 33 
 FABLE XLIV. 
 
 De Agricola & 
 Ciconia. 
 
 GRuibus Anftnlufque 
 depafcentibus Sala, 
 Rullicus prtetcndit 
 
 Laqueum. GVz/Capiurit(ir, 
 jlnferes capiuntur, tf 
 Ciconia capitur. Ilia fup- 
 plicat, clamitans, Sefe inno- 
 centem, & efle nee Gruem, 
 nee Anfcrem, fed optimam 
 omnium Avium, qu'ippe QUOE 
 femper confueverit infervire 
 Parent! fedulo, & a/ere 
 Etim coTifeSum Senio. 
 Slgricola inquit, probe 
 fcio omnla hac ; verum 
 poltquam cepimus Te cum 
 nocentibus, morieris quoqus 
 cum Eis. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Qui committit Crimen, 
 f Is, $>ui adjungit Se 
 Socium Sceleratis, 
 
 pledluntur fan 
 
 I'ocna. 
 
 Oflhc. Hu&andman and 
 the Stork. 
 
 THE Cranes and the Gecfe 
 feeding on the Corn, 
 the Countryman fed 
 
 a Gin. The Cranes are taken, 
 the Geefe are taken, and 
 the Stork is talen. She en- 
 treats, crying, that She was inno- 
 cent, and was neither a Crane, 
 nor a Goofe, but the beft 
 of all Birds, as Who 
 always ufed /o yJri> her 
 Father diligently, and /o nourijh 
 Him WH ea/ with old Age. 
 The Hujlandman fays, ivell 
 know I a// thefe Things ; but 
 fince Wtf have taken Thee p// 
 /* offending, thou fhalt die o^i 
 with Them. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 He that committeth a Crime, 
 *W He, Who joins Himftjf 
 a Companion /o /A* Wtcled t 
 are puniflied itv'/A 
 Paniihment. 
 
 FABLE XLV. 
 
 De OPILIONE 
 AGRICOLJS. 
 
 PUER pafcebat Oves 
 editiore Pratulo, o/y; 
 clamitans terqut, quaterqtie 
 per 
 
 Of the SHEPHERD and 
 the COUNTRYMEN. 
 
 A Boy fed his Sheep 
 f/c a higher Ground, anJ 
 crying 1 Inth thrice,, and four tiroes 
 
34 SELECT FABLES OF 
 
 fer Jocum, Lupum adeffe, 
 txcitbat Agricolas undi- 
 gue : I Hi illuji 
 
 frepitis, a'um non fubvtniunt 
 imploranti jftixitium, Ovcs 
 
 Jiunt Praeda Lupo. 
 
 Mo*. 
 
 Si Quifpiam confuevefft 
 mentiri t Fides ftoh kabebitur 
 facile Ei, cum occeft* 
 rit narrarc verum. 
 
 in Jcft, that the Wolf was there* 
 hs raifeft the Countrymen 
 on all Sides : They being deluded 
 too often, >wbiljl they do not come 
 to him imploring Help, the Sheep 
 become a Prey /<? the Wolf. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 If oy One ha been ufcd 
 #o He, Faith will not be had 
 eafily in Him, when hsfoall hav: 
 begun to tell the Truth. 
 
 FABLE XLVI. 
 
 jbe Aqoila s" Corvo. 
 
 AQJJ I L A Avolat 
 cditiflima Rvpe, 
 in Ttrgum Agni. Corvuj 
 videos /</gcftit, veluti Simia, 
 imitari Aquilam, dimittit 
 Se in Veil us Arietis ; 
 climifTus impeditur ; impe- 
 ditus comprthenditur ; 
 
 coroprehenfus projicitur 
 
 Putiis. 
 
 0/the Eagle <m</the Crow. 
 
 THE EAGLE fie 
 from a very high Rock t 
 on the Bad of a Lamb. The Crow 
 feeing that rcjoiceth, as an Ape, 
 to imitate the Eagle, He drops 
 Himfelf upon the Fleece of a Ram ; 
 dropt down He is entangled ; en- 
 tangled he is taien ; 
 taken he ii throw A 
 to the Boys* 
 
 MoR. 
 
 Qmfque eftimet Se Let every One efleem Himfelf 
 
 fud, non Virtutc ly his own, rot by the Virtue 
 
 Aliorum. Tentet Id, Quod of Others. Attempt That, Which 
 
 poffiiiyiK?/?. thou mayft be able to do. 
 
 FABLE 
 
SELECT FABLES OF ^SOP, 35 
 FABLE XLVIL 
 
 De invido GANE & 
 BOVE. 
 
 CANIS decunlelat 
 Praefepi plena Foeni ; 
 Bos venit, at comedat ; 
 Ille furrigens Sefe prohibet : 
 os inquit, Dit perdanc 
 Te cum \fthac tua Jnvidid t 
 QJJI yefceris Fano, 
 tiecjinis Me iw/. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Plcrique funt eb Ingenlo, 
 tit invideant Ea 
 
 y//V, Qua; y/ ft till i i7/a; 
 Sibi. 
 
 0/"the envious Doo and 
 the Ox. 
 
 THE DOG lay down 
 in a Rack full of Hay ; 
 The Ox cometh, that He may eat ; 
 He raifing Himfelf hinders Hitri 
 72* Ox fays, AToy /^ Go^/ deftroy 
 72 with /Arf/ thy Envy) 
 Who neither art fed wVA ^ys 
 nor fufferejl Me /o ^e/^^. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Marty ar* of that Temper, 
 that /^ envy thofe Things 
 *o Others, Which are of no #/* 
 to Themfelves. 
 
 flrepltai 
 Ovicul'ae : 
 
 FABLE XLVIIL 
 
 De Cornicula 5" Ove. Of the Jackdaw and the Sheep* 
 
 TH E Jackdaw makes a No'ife 
 on the Back of the Sheep i 
 The Sheep fays,//"thou made a Noife 
 thus to a Dog, thou ivotilc/eji beaf 
 the Damage. But the Jackdaw 
 faith, I know Whom I may infult, 
 treullefome to the mild, friendly 
 to the cruel. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 COrnicula 
 in Dorfo 
 
 Ovis inquit, Si obftrcpercs 
 Jtc Cani, ferret 
 
 Infortunium. At Cornicula 
 tnquit, fcio Quibus infulttm, 
 molejta placidis, arnica 
 faevis. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Mali tnfvltant innocent! Evil Men infuh the innocent 
 Cff miti ; fed Nemo irritat and mild ; but no One irritates 
 feroce* & malignos. the fierce and mifchievous. 
 
 FABLE 
 
SELECT FABLES OF JESOP. 
 
 FABLE XLIX. 
 
 De Pavone f? 
 Lufcinia. 
 
 PA V O queritur a pud 
 Junonem, Conjtigem & 
 Sororem Jovis, Lufcini- 
 am cantillare fuaviter, Se 
 irrideri ab Omnibus ob 
 raucam Ravim. Cui 
 
 Juno inquit, Lufcinia longe 
 fuperat in Cantu, Tu Plu- 
 mis ; Quifque habet Suam 
 Dotem ' a Diis. Decet 
 Unumquemq; effe contcn-' 
 iumjua Sorte. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Sumamus Ea t Quae 
 Deus largitur, grata Animo, 
 usque quctramus majora. 
 
 Of the Peacock and 
 the Nightingale. 
 
 THE Peacock complains to 
 Juno, the Wife and 
 Sifter of Jupiter, that the Nightin- 
 gale fung fweetly, that He 
 was laughed at by All for 
 his hoarfe Squalling. To whom 
 Juno fays, The Nightingale by far 
 excels in Singing, Thou in Fea- 
 thers ; Every One ha 8 bis 
 Gift /row the Gods. It becometh 
 Every One to be content 
 with his own Lot. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Let us take thoft Things, Which 
 God bcftows, with a grateful Mind, 
 nor let us feek greater Things, 
 
 FABLE L. 
 
 De fenicula Mu STELA & 
 
 MURIBUS. 
 
 MUsTELA careas 
 
 Viribus prt Senio 
 non valebat infequi Mures 
 jam ita t ut folebat ; coepit 
 meditari Dolum ; abfcondit 
 Se in Colliculp Farine t 
 fie fperans fore, 
 
 ut venetur citra Laborem. 
 Mures accurrunt, 3* dum 
 fupiunt en" tare Farinam, 
 O nines devorantur ad Unum 
 k 
 
 0/"the old WE A .TEL and 
 the MICE. 
 
 THE WEASEL wanting 
 Strength thro' old Age, 
 was not alle to purfue the Mice 
 now fo, us He was wont; He began 
 to meditate a Trick ; He hides 
 Himfelf in a Heap of Meal, 
 thus hoping that it would be, 
 that he may hunt without Labour. 
 The Mice run to it, and whild 
 they deftre to eat the Meal, 
 They all are devoured to One 
 by the Wcafel. 
 
 MOR. 
 
SELECT FABLES OF &SOP. 37 
 
 MOR. MOR. 
 
 Ubi Qulfquam fuerit de- 
 Jlttutus Viribus, eft Opus 
 Ingenio. Lyfander Laceda- 
 monius folcbat dieere fub- 
 inde, quo leonina P tills 
 non perveniret, Viilpinam 
 ejje affumendamf 
 
 When any One fliall be de- 
 Jlitute of Strength, there is Need 
 of Wit. JLyfander the Lacede- 
 monian ufed to fay oft- 
 en, where the Lion's Skin 
 
 would not reach, 
 was to be taken. 
 
 that the Fox' 
 
 FABLE LI. 
 
 De LEONE & RAHA. 
 
 LE O, cum audiret 
 Ranam loquacem 
 
 magni, putans effe 
 
 aliquod magnum Animal, 
 vertit Se retro, et Jlans 
 parum, videt Ranam 
 exeuntem e Stagno ; Q^am 
 flatlm indignabundus con~ 
 culcavfc Pedibus, inquiens, 
 non movebis amplius 
 ullum Animal clamorc, ut 
 perfpictat Te. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Fabula fign\ficat t qxiod 
 epud verbofos Nihil 
 
 Linguam. 
 
 0/the LION and the FROG. 
 
 TH E Lion, <whtn he heard 
 the Frog talking 
 at a great Rate, thinking it to be 
 fome great Beaft, 
 
 turned Himfclf baclt t and /landing 
 a little, He fees the Frog 
 going out of the Pool ; which, 
 prefenlly enraged He trod un- 
 der with his Feet, faying, 
 Thou Thalt not move any more 
 any jfnimal with thy Noife, that 
 He may look at Thee. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 The Fable fignifies, that 
 among noify Men Nothing 
 is found except a Tongue. 
 
 FABLE LII. 
 
 De FORMICA fc? COLUMBA. 0/the PISMIRE and the DOTE, 
 
 FOrmica Jitiens venit 
 ad Fonteno, ut 
 bibcret ; forte incidit 
 
 E Pifmire thirjling came 
 JL to a Fountain, that 
 {he might drink ; by chance fhc fell 
 
SELECT FABLES OF JESOP. 
 
 in Puteum. Columba 
 
 fuperfidens Arlorem im- 
 xninentcm Fonti, cum 
 confpiceret Formicam obrui 
 Aquis, frangit 
 
 Ramulum ex Arbore, 
 Quern dejicit Jine Mora 
 in Fontem. Formica 
 confcendens Hunc fervatur. 
 duceps venit, / capiat 
 Columbam ; Formica per- 
 cipiens Id, mordet unutn 
 fx Pedibus 
 Columba avolat. 
 
 */ a Well. r^f 
 fitting upon a Tree hanging 
 over tke fountain, when 
 foe faw the Pifmire overwhelmed 
 in the Waters, r<ra&r 
 a little Branch /row the Tree, 
 Which (he throws without Delay 
 into the Fountain. 7/fe Pifmire 
 getting upon This is faved. 
 The Fowler comes,Ma/he maytake 
 fta Z)0w ; the Ant perceiv- 
 ing That, tow one 
 of the Feet q/ fta Fowler j 
 the Dovejlies away. 
 
 MOR. , MOR. 
 
 Fabula J*gnificat, cum The Fable Jtgnif.es, whet* 
 
 Brula funt grata in Bcneft- Brutes are grateful to Benefac- 
 
 cos, eo magis li /Crj, by fo much the more They 
 
 efle, $>ui funt Par- ought to be> /f#0 are Parfa- 
 
 Rationis. kers of Reafon. 
 
 F A 
 
 Z><? Pavone & Pici 
 
 Se 
 
 Qui 
 
 ^/ 
 
 GENS Avium cum 
 vagaretur libere, o/>/a- 
 itz/ Regem dari Sibi. 
 Pa-yo putabat 
 
 imprimis dignum, 
 eligeretur, cjuia 
 formofiffimus. ^foc accep- 
 fo m Regtm, jP/Va inquif, 
 O Rex, fi, TV imperante, 
 jlquila cceperit infequi 
 Nos perftrenue, Ut /o/fJ?, 
 quo Modo abi- 
 
 ges ///aw / .quo 
 fervabis Nos ? 
 
 L E LIII. 
 
 Of the Peacock and the Magpie. 
 
 TH E Nation of Birds, when 
 M<?j wandered freely, wl/bed 
 for a King to be given to Them. 
 The Peacock thought Himfelf 
 chiefly worthy, Who 
 
 Jhould be chofen, becaufe He was 
 the mod beautiful. He being re- 
 ceived for King, the Magpie fays, 
 King, if, Tou governing, 
 the Eagle fhoulvl begin to purfue 
 Us Jlrenuoufly, as Jbe is wont t 
 by what Method will you drive a- 
 way Her ? by what Means 
 will you prefervc Us ? 
 
 MOK. 
 
SELECT FABLES OF JESOP. 39 
 
 MOR. MOR. 
 
 In Principe Forma non eft In a Prince Beauty Is not 
 
 tarn fpehanda, quam fo much to be regarded^ as 
 
 Fortitudo Corporis fc? Pru- Strength of Body and Pru- 
 
 dentia. dence. 
 
 F A 3 L E LIV. 
 
 De 
 
 MEDICO. 
 
 M 
 
 grotum ; tandem Ille 
 moritur ; turn Medicus inqui t 
 ad Cognates, Hie peribat 
 fntemperantid. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Of Ac SICK MAN and 
 the PHYSICIAN. 
 
 Phyfician hadin cure a Sick 
 Man ; at length He 
 died ; then the Phyjician faid 
 to the Kinfmen, This Man perifhed 
 by Intemperance* 
 
 MOR. 
 
 A 
 
 Nifi $>nis reliquerit Unlefs Any One fhall have left 
 
 Eibacitatem & Libidinem Drunkenncfs and Luji 
 
 mature, aut nunquatn timely, either He never 
 
 perveniet ad Seae3ateat t aut tuill -arrive to old Age t or 
 
 eft habiturus perbrevem is to have a very Jbort 
 
 Seneclutem. old Age. 
 
 FABLE LV. 
 
 De LEONE 3* aliie. 
 
 LE O, dfinusy & 
 Vulpes eunt venatum ; 
 ampla Venatio capitur ; 
 capta eft ju/fo partiri : 
 Jlfino ponente Singulis fin- 
 gulas Paries, Leo irrugi- 
 ebat t rapit Afmum, ac lani- 
 at. Poftea </a/ id 
 Negotii Vulpeculse, / >ue 
 aflutior, 
 
 Of the LION and other Beads. 
 
 THE LION, the 4fs, and 
 the Fox ge /0 hunt ; 
 an ample Py is taken ; 
 taken is commanded to be parted : 
 The Afs putting to each their fin- 
 gle Partt, the Lion roar- 
 ed, he fcized'*i Afs t and butchert 
 him. Afterwards he gives that 
 Bufmefs to the Fox, /F/Jo 
 more cunning, 
 
40 SELECT FABLES OF MSOP. 
 
 aftutior, cam longc 
 
 9ptima Parte propofita, rcfer- 
 vaviflet i>ix minimam, 
 Leo rogat, a Quo fie 
 doda ? Cui Ilia inquit, 
 Calamitas Afini docuit 
 Me. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Ille eft Felix, Qitm aliena 
 Pericula faciunt cautum. 
 
 more cunning, 'when by far 
 the beji Part being propofc d, fhe had 
 referred fcarcc a very fmall one, 
 the Lion afks, by Whom fa 
 taught ? To Whom She fays, 
 the Calamity of the Afs has taught 
 Me. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 He is Happy, Whom othcrt 
 Dangers make cautious. 
 
 FABLE LVI. 
 
 De H^EDO fe 1 LUPO. Of the KID and the WOLF. 
 
 HjEdns profpecians e 
 Feneflrd autkbat 
 
 A KID looking out of 
 <r Window dared 
 
 lacejjere Lupu-m pratereun- to frovokt a Wolf p a Jfi n S 
 
 tern Convitiis ; Cui by with Revilings ; to Whom 
 
 Lupus ait, Scelefte, 7 the Wolf fays, Wretch, Thou 
 
 non couvitiaris Mibi t fed doft not revile Me r but 
 
 always 
 
 MOR. MOR. 
 
 Tempus 5* Locus femptr Time and Place 
 addunt dudaciam Homini. add Boldnefs to a Man. 
 
 FABLE LVII. 
 
 De Leone Es 5 Capra., [ 0/the Lion an/the Goat. 
 
 LE O forte confpica- 
 tU3 Capram ambulan- 
 tera tditd Rupe vionet, 
 Ut dtfcendat ia viricle 
 Pratum : Capra inquit, For- 
 taje facerem, Ji Tu abcf- 
 fes ) Qu'i non fuades 
 Mihi 
 
 THE LION by chants having 
 feen a Goat walk- 
 ing on a high Rock advifes, 
 tfaljke would defcend into the green 
 Pafture : The Goat fays, Per- 
 haps I fhould do it if You was 
 away; Wfo do not perfuade 
 Me 
 
SELECT FABLES OF &SOP. 
 
 Mihi iftud, tit Ego capiam Me to that, that I may take 
 
 uliara Voluptatem inde ; fed any Pleafure thtnce ; but 
 
 ut 7 habeas, Qnod that T^oa mayft have, #7>af 
 
 famelicus vor. being hungry Thou mayjl devour. 
 
 MOR. MOR.' 
 
 Ne habeas/Yc&CT omnibus} Do not have Faith in all 5 
 
 am Quidam non confulunt for Some do not confute 
 
 Tibi,y*r/ Sibi. for You, but for themfclves. 
 
 FABLE LVIII. 
 
 De VULTURE aliifque 
 AVIBUS. 
 
 VUltur adfimulat, Se 
 celeb rare annuum 
 Natalem ; invitat Av't- 
 culas ad Ccenam ; fere 
 omnes veniunt ; accipit 
 venientes magno Plaufu 
 Favoribufque : Vultur 
 
 lanlat acceptas. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Omnes non font Araici, 
 Qui dicunt blande, ant 
 fimulant t Se facers benig- 
 ne. 
 
 0/"the VULTURE and other 
 BIRDS. 
 
 THE Vulture feigns, that He 
 would celebrate his annual 
 Birth-Day ; He invites the little 
 Birds to Supper ; almoft 
 all come ; He receives 
 them coming with great Applaufc 
 and Favours : The Vulture 
 butchers them received. 
 
 MOR.' 
 
 Al! are not Friends* 
 Who fpcak foirly, or 
 
 pretend, that They will do kind- 
 
 FABLE LIX. 
 
 De ANSEJUBUS 
 GRUIEUS. 
 
 ANfertrs 
 fim ill 
 odei 
 
 pajcelanfur 
 
 Gruibus 
 
 Gruca 
 
 confpicat* 
 
 Of the GEES B an*/ 
 the CRANES. 
 
 THE Geefe w^r* fed 
 at the fame time fiV>6theCrancs 
 
 in the fame Field. 
 
 The Cranet 
 having fee* 
 
42 SELECT FABLES OF 
 
 confpicate Rufticos, 
 
 leves avolant ; sfnferes 
 capiuntur, <$>ui impediti 
 Oner'e Corporis, non pott- 
 rant fubvolare. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Urbc expugnata ab Ho- 
 Jlibus t . In ops facile fubd li- 
 cit Se ; at Dives captus 
 fervit. In Bella Divitis: funt 
 mag is Oner i quam Ufui. 
 
 having feen the Countrymen, 
 being light fly away ; The Geefe 
 arc taken, Who hindered 
 with Burden of Body, luefe 
 not able to fly away. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 A City being befieged by Ene- 
 mies, the poor Man eafily with- 
 draws Himfelf ; but the Rich taken 
 ferves. In War Riches are 
 more for a Burden than an Ufe. 
 
 FABLE LX. 
 
 De Anu ff Ancillis. Of the old Woman c.Whcr Maids, 
 
 Q Used am Anus habebat 
 Domi complures 
 j/1nci/las, quas quotidie 
 excitabat ad Opus ad Can- 
 turn Galli, Quern habebat 
 Domi, antequam lucefce- 
 ret. Ancills tandem 
 
 commotf Tasdio 
 
 quatidiani Ncgotii obtrun- 
 cant Gallum, fperantes jam, 
 Ilk necato, Sefe dormitu- 
 ras vfque ad Meridiem ; fed 
 base Sfcs decepit Eas ; nam 
 ffera, ut refcivit t 
 
 Gallum interemptum, dein- 
 ceps jubet Eas furgtrc 
 intempelta Node. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Non Pauci, dum Jludent 
 cvitare Malum t incidunt in 
 gravius. 
 
 A Certain old Woman had 
 at Home many 
 
 Maids, whom daily 
 
 (he rouzed to Work at the Crow- 
 ing of a Coct, which Jht had 
 at Home, before that it was 
 light. The Maids at length 
 moved with the Wearifomnefs 
 of their daily BuOnefs be- 
 head the Cock, hoping now, 
 He being killed, that They fliould 
 fleep even to Mid-day ; but 
 this Hope deceived Them ; for 
 the Mijlrefs, as foon as jhs knetu t 
 that the Cock was killed, thence- 
 forwards commands Them to rift 
 at Mid -night. 
 
 Mo*. 
 
 Not a few, whilft they Jludy 
 to avoid an Evil, fall into 
 a heavier. 
 
 FABLE 
 
SELECT FABLES OF MSOP. 
 FABLE LXI. 
 
 43 
 
 Dt ASINO S3 EQUO. Of the Ass and the HORSE. 
 
 A Sinus pvtabat Equutn 
 beaturh, quod effet 
 pinguis, 5* degeret in Otio ; 
 verb dicebat Se infelicem, 
 quod effet maclkntus, & 
 Jlrigofus, & quotidie exer- 
 cerctur #3 immiti /fe'o in 
 ferendis Oneribus. Hand 
 raulto pofl conelamant ad 
 Arma ; turn Equus non re- 
 pulit Fraenum Ore, 
 
 Equitetn Dorfo, nee 
 Telum Corpore. AJinus, 
 Hoc iii/a, agebat magnas 
 Gratias Diis, quod non fe- 
 c'lffent Se Equum, fed 
 ^IJlnum- 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Sunt Miferi, Qiios 
 Vulgus judicat bcatos ; & 
 non Pauci funt ^fa/;', Q^ii 
 putant Se miferrimos. 
 Sutor crepidarius dictt 
 Regem felicem, non con- 
 Jiderans in quanta* Res 2? 
 Solicitudines dijlrahiiur t 
 dum interim Ipfc cantillat 
 cum o/// Paupcrtatc. 
 
 THE Afs thought the Horfe 
 happy, becaufe he ivas 
 fat and lived in Idlenefs ; 
 but he called Himfslf uahappy, 
 becaufe He Was lean, and 
 raw-boned, afld daily was exer- 
 cifed by an unmerciful Majler in 
 bearing Burdens. j?VW 
 
 much 0/ter they cry to 
 Arms ; then the Horfe //row wai 
 bach the Bridle y"ro/n />/j Mouth, 
 the Horfeman j/rom Back, nor 
 the Dart from his Body. 
 This f ^^71, gave 
 Thanks to the Gods, that they had 
 not made him a Horfe t but 
 
 MOR. 
 
 They are miferable, Whom 
 the Vulgar judges happy ; and 
 not a feiv are happy, Who 
 think Themfelves mojt miferable. 
 The Cobler calls 
 
 the King happy, not conjider- 
 ing into ^o-zy ^raz/ Affairs arf 
 Troubles /'e is Jra<zvn t 
 whilfl in the mean time He Jtngs 
 with bit left Poverty. 
 
 FABLE 
 
44 SELECT FABLES OF 
 
 FABLE LXII. 
 
 De LKONB y TAURO. Ofihc LION and the BULL. 
 
 TAurus fugiens Leo- 
 nem incldit in Hlrcum ; 
 Is mln'itabatur Cornu & 
 caperata Fronte : Ad Quern 
 Taurus plenut Ira inquit, 
 Tua Front con trad a in 
 Rugas r.on tsrntat Me ; 
 fed metuo immanem 
 
 Leonem, Qui nifi hareret 
 roe Tergo jam /> 
 efle o ita parvam Rem 
 pugnare cum Tauro. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Calamitas ncn ^f? addenda 
 calamitous. Eft JI///}r 
 
 fat, J^; e& feme! mifer. 
 
 THE Bull /J//TJ the Li- 
 on fell upon toe Goal ; 
 He threatened with his Horn 0</ 
 wrinkled Brow : To /Wow; 
 the Bull full of Anger /m/, 
 Thy Brow c/oiitradltd into 
 Wrinkles does not affright Me ; 
 but 1 fear a vajl 
 
 Lion, Who unlefs /&* /f^ 
 to my Back, now youjkould know 
 that it is nof fo #//& a Thing 
 to f. git with a Bull. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Calamity w not to be added 
 /o the calamitous. He is miferable 
 enough, Who is c miferable. 
 
 FABLE LXIII. 
 
 De TESTITUDINE 3* 
 AQUILA. 
 
 a repiandt 
 
 occupaverat Teflitud'uiem ; 
 fi Quis tolleret Earn in 
 Calum, pollicetur Baccas 
 rubri Marls. Aquila 
 
 fujlulit Earn ; pofcit Ptae- 
 mium ; y foditam non ha- 
 bentem Unguibus. Ita, 
 
 Telludo, )u<t concupivit 
 ifidfre-A.fi.ra, reliquit Vitam 
 in Aftris. 
 
 Of the TORTOISE and 
 the EAGLE. 
 
 WEarinefs of creeping 
 had feized the Tortoife ; 
 {(any One would lift up Her into 
 Heaven, She promifes the Pearls 
 of the red Sea. The Eagle 
 took vp Her ; demands the Re- 
 ward ; and pierces Her not hav- 
 ing it with her Talons. Thus, 
 the Tortoife, Which defired 
 to fee the Stars, left her Life 
 in the Stars. " 
 
 MOR. 
 
SELECT FABLES OF jESOP. 4 
 
 MOR. 
 
 - Sis contentus tua Sorte. 
 Fuere NonnuUi, Qni, 
 Jl manfiflent hurniTes, 
 fuifient tuti ; fafti fublimes, 
 inciderunt in Pericula. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Be conttnted with thy Lot. 
 There have been Some, Who, 
 if they had remained low, 
 would have bcenfafe; becomtkigh, 
 have fallen into Dangers. 
 
 FAB 
 
 L E LXIV. 
 
 De CANCRO Cs* ejas 
 MATRE. 
 
 Of the CRAB and his 
 MOTHER. 
 
 MAter menet Cancrum 
 retrogradum, nt 
 eat antrorfum. Filius 
 refpondet, Mater, I pr<e, 
 fequar. 
 
 THE Mother advtfes the Crab 
 going backwards, that 
 He would go forwards. The Son 
 anfwers, Mother, go vou before, 
 I will follow. 
 
 MOR. 
 Reprehenderis Nullum 
 Vitii, cujus Ipfe 
 queas reprehendi. 
 
 MOR. 
 You fliould reprehend no One 
 of a Vice, of which You Yourfelf 
 may lit reprehended. 
 
 FABLE LXV. 
 
 De SOLE f? AQUI- 
 
 LONE. 
 
 SOL G? Aquilo 
 certant, Uter fit 
 fortior. Eft conventtim 
 ab Illis experiri Fires in 
 Fiat or em ; ut ferat 
 
 Palmam, <>>ul excuflcrit 
 Manticam. Boreas aggre- 
 ditur Viatorem horrifono 
 Nimbo ; at I Lie non dejiftit 
 duplicare AmiEium gradi- 
 endo. 
 
 Of the SUN and the NORTH - 
 WIND. 
 
 THE Sun fcf the North- Wind 
 Jlrive, Whether it 
 the ftronger. // is agreed 
 by Them to try tktir Strength upon 
 a Traveller ; that He bear 
 the Palm, Who (hall havefhaken off 
 his Cloak. Boreas fets up* 
 on the Traveller with a rattling 
 Cloud ; but He does not dejijl 
 to double his Cloak in going 
 on. 
 
4 6 SELECT FABLES OF ^ESOP. 
 
 rndo. Sol experitur fuas 
 Fires, Nimboque paulatim 
 cvj&o, emit tit 
 
 Radios. Viator incipit 
 aftuare, fudare, anhelare : 
 Tandem nequient progredi 
 rejidet fub frondofo Nemore. 
 Ita Vidoria contigit Soli. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Id f<epe obtinctur Man- 
 fuetudine, Quod non poteft 
 extorqueri Vi. 
 
 on. The Sun tries his 
 
 Strength, and the Storm little by little 
 being overcome, fends forth 
 his .beams. The Traveller begins 
 to grow hot, to fweat, to pant : 
 At length not being able to go on 
 He fits do'wn under afhady Grove. 
 Thus the Vidory/*// to tht Sun. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 That often is obtained by Gen- 
 tlenefs, which it not able 
 to~be extorted by Force. 
 
 FABLE 
 
 De ASINO. 
 
 A Sinus venit in Sylvan, 
 offend it Exuvias Le- 
 oni, Quibtis indutus 
 
 venit in Pafcua t terri- 
 lat C5* fugat Greges 
 & Armenia. Venit, Qui 
 perdiderat, qua: r it at funm 
 jijinum. Afinus, Hero vifo, 
 occur r it) imo incur' 
 
 rtt fuo Rugitu. At 
 Herat Auricuiis prehenfis, 
 Qua extabant, inquit, 
 Mi Afelle, poju falle- 
 re ^//oj, Ego probe novi 7"f. 
 
 Moa. 
 
 J&efimiiks Te ^, Q^od 
 non et ; non dofium, cum 
 ^/w indodus ; non jades 
 Te divltem & nobilem, cum 
 jfa pauper Ss 5 ignobilis ; 
 etenlm, vero camperto, 
 rideber-'s. 
 
 LXVI. 
 
 O/" the Ass. 
 
 THE Afs ro7i into the Wood, 
 finds //><? i'/'/'n of a Li- 
 on, wi//6 Which bting clad 
 He comes into the Pajlures, af- 
 frights flnJputs to Flight theFlocks 
 and Herds. He comes, WAo 
 had loft him, /<?^j his 
 
 runs to him, nay runj upon 
 Him with his Braying. But 
 //.xr Majler his Ears ' ^f/r/, 
 Which ^/?oo^/ oz</, fays, 
 Afj Afs, /^OM wflj'y^ be able to de- 
 ceive Others, I full ive/l kaovfTbte, 
 
 MOR. 
 
 . Do notffign Thyfelf to be, What 
 thou art not ; not learned, when 
 /iott a/-/ unlearned ; do not boaji 
 Thyftlf rick and noble, whvn 
 T^oa ar/ poor aJ ignoble ; 
 fsr, the Truth ^'j found, 
 thou wilt be laughed at. 
 
 FABLE 
 
SELECT FABLES OF MSOP. 47 
 FABLE LXVII. 
 
 De raordaci CANE. 
 
 DOmJ 
 Can't fubinde mordentt 
 Homines, at Quifq; ^caveret 
 Sibi. Canis, rat us 
 
 Id Decus trlbutum fuss 
 Vlrtuti, defpicit fuos Popu- 
 lares. Aliqius jam grav'ir 
 JEtate fcr'Auctoritate accedit 
 ad hunc Canem, monens 
 Earn, ne crret ; nam 
 inquit, Ida Nola eft data 
 Tibi in Dedecus, non in 
 Decus. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Glorlofus inter dtim 
 
 ducit Id Laudi &'/', 
 Quod ejl Vituperio Ipft. 
 
 Of the biting DOG. 
 
 THE Matter tied a little Bell 
 to the Dog often biting 
 Men,/tffevery onejhou/d take heed 
 to Himfelf. The Dog, thinking 
 That an Ornament given to his 
 Virtue, defpifcs his Neigh- 
 bours. One now grave 
 with Age and Authority comes 
 to this Dog, adv'ifing 
 Him, that he err not ; for 
 fays he, That little Bell is given 
 to Thee for a Dtfgrace, not for 
 a Grace. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 The Vain -glorious J 'onetimes 
 takes That for aPraife /o Himfelf ^ 
 Which it for a Difgrace to Him. 
 
 FABLE LXVIII. 
 
 De CAMELO. 
 
 C Am till 8 defpicuns Se 
 gwrf&atur, -Tauros ire 
 infignes geminis Cornibus ; 
 Se inermem ejfe objeftnra 
 c/fteris Animalibus ; oral 
 Jovem dinars Cornua Sibi .' 
 Jupiter ridet Stultitiam 
 Cam el't , nee mo do ncgat 
 Votum Cameli, verum & 
 decurtat Auriculas Bejlix. 
 
 Of the CAMEL. 
 
 THE Camel defpiftng Hirafelf 
 comflaineJ,t\\nt theBulls went 
 remarkable ivitk two Horns ; 
 that Pie without Arms w^jexpofed 
 to the other Animals ; He prays 
 Jupiter to give Horns to Him : 
 Jupiter laughs at the Folly 
 of the Came/, nor only denies 
 the Wi/b of the Camel, but alfo 
 crops the Ears of the Beaji. 
 
 MOR, 
 
48 SELECT FABLES OF 
 
 MOR. MOR. 
 
 Quifque fit ccnfenlut Let every One be contented 
 
 fua Fortuna : Etenina with his own Fortune : For 
 
 Mult't fecuti meliorem, Many having followed a better, 
 
 incurre're pejorem. have run into a <worfe. 
 
 FABLE LXIX. 
 
 De duobus AMICIS fcf 
 UREO. 
 
 DUO Amici faciunt 
 Iter ; Urfus occur- 
 rit in hlner: ; U nus fcanJenr 
 Arborern evitat Periculum ; 
 filter, cum non rjet 
 Spes Fug<e, procidens 
 /imulat Se morluum, Urfus 
 accedlt t & olfacit An res Cif 
 Os- Homine continente 
 Spirit um & Mot urn, Urfus, 
 )ui parcit Mortals t credens 
 Eum efle morluum, abibat. 
 Poftea Socio percontante 
 quidnam BeJIla di'xiffet Illi 
 accumbenti in Aurem, ait, 
 MonnifTe Hoc, ne un- 
 quam facerem Iter 
 
 cum Amicis i/lius Modi. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Adrerfa: Res & Pertcula 
 defignant verum Amicum. 
 
 Of the two FRIENDS and 
 the BEAR. 
 
 TWO Friends make 
 
 a Journey ; a Bear meets 
 them in the Road ; One climbing up 
 a Tree Jbuns the Danger ; 
 The other, when there 'was not 
 Hope of Flight, falling down 
 feigns Himfelf Dead. The Bear 
 cemes, and fmells to his Ears and 
 Mouth. The Man holding in 
 Breath and Motion, The Bear, 
 Which fpares the Dead, believing 
 that He was dead, went away. 
 4ft er wards the Companion ajking 
 what the Bcajl had fa id to Him 
 lying down in his Ear, He fays, 
 that He had advifed This, that 
 I fliould not ever make a Journey 
 with Friends of this Kind. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Adverfe Things and Dangers 
 (How the true Friend. 
 
 FABLE 
 
SELECT FABLES OF 1ESOP. 49 
 FABLE LXX. 
 
 Tie Ruftico ff Fortuna. Of the Countryman and Fortune. 
 
 THE Countryman, when 
 He ploughed, found 
 Treafure in the Furrows. For- 
 tune feeing, that Nothing ofHonodr 
 was bad to Her, thus fpake 
 with H erf elf : Treafure being found, 
 the Fool is not grateful ; but 
 tbzl felf-famc Treafure being lojl, 
 He will folicit Me firft 
 of all with Vowa and 
 Clamours. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 A B e n e fi t being received, \ e t u s be 
 grateful to Him deferving well of 
 Us ; For Ingratitude 
 
 is 'worthy to be deprived even 
 of the Benefit, Which lately 
 it may have received. 
 
 RU s T i c u s , c urn 
 
 araret, offendebat 
 
 Thefaurum in Sulcis. For- 
 tuna videns, Nihil Honoris 
 kaberi Sibi, it a locuta eft 
 Secum : Thefauro reperto, 
 Stolidus non ejl gratus ; at 
 co ipfo Thefauro amiffb, 
 follicitabit Me primam 
 omnium Votis if 
 
 Clamoribus. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Beneficio accepto, fimus 
 grati Merenti bene de 
 Nobis ; Etenim Ingratitudo 
 eft digna privari etlam 
 Beneficio, >uod modo 
 acceperit. 
 
 FABLE LXXI. 
 
 3" GROE. Of the Peacock and the Crane. 
 
 PAVO fcf Grus 
 ctenant una : Pavo 
 ja&at Se, oftentat Caudam : 
 Grus fatetnr Pavonem 
 ejje formofiflimis Pennii ; 
 tamcn Se penetrare Nubet 
 animofo Volatu t dum Pa- 
 vo vix fupervolat Tcfta. 
 
 THE Peacock and the Crane 
 fup together : "The Peacock 
 boafts Hlmfelfi (hows his Tail : 
 The Crane confeffes the Peacock 
 /o be of mod beautiful Feathers ; 
 yet Ma/ /fc pierced the Clouds 
 with a bold Flight, whilft the Pea- 
 cock fcarce ^w owr the Houfes. 
 
 MOR. 
 
SELECT FABLES OF ySOP. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Nemo contempferlt Al- 
 
 terum : tfl cuique fua 
 
 Dos ; eft cuique fua 
 
 Vittus : Qui caret tua 
 
 Virtute,ybr/a/j habcat Earn, 
 Q'ia Tu careas. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 No mznjhouldha've defplfed Ano- 
 ther : there is to every one his oiun 
 Portion ; thereis to every onebiso<wn 
 Virtue : He <who wanteth thy 
 Virtue, perhaps may have That 
 Which thou mayft want. 
 
 FABLE LXXII, 
 
 D: QPERCU & 
 ARUNDINE. 
 
 QUercus effraSa va- 
 lid i ore Noto, 
 praxipitatur in Flumen, &?, 
 dutn jluitat, forte haret 
 fuis Ramis in Arundine ; 
 miratur, Arundlnem ftare 
 ir.columem in tanto Turbine. 
 H<tc refpondet, Se c/Te 
 tut am fua FlexilUltate ; 
 Se cedere Noto, 
 Bore* ; omni Flaiui ; 
 nee ^tf Mirum, quod 
 Q_uercus exclderlt^ Q^ize 
 concupivit noo cedere t fed 
 rejiftere. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Ne r^)?aj Potentiori, 
 y>^/ vincas .//Z/RC cedendo, 
 C^ fere ado. 
 
 O/" the OAK and 
 the REED. 
 
 THE Oak Iting broken by the 
 ftronger South Wind, 
 is thrown into the River, #m/, 
 whilft She flows, by Chance J?/Vr 
 by her Bought upon a Reed ; 
 file wonders, A&a/ a Reed Hood 
 /o/c in fo great a Whirlwind. 
 .SA<r anfwers, that She was 
 ya/Jr by her Flexibility ; 
 that She yielded to Notus, 
 /o Boreas; to every Blajl ; 
 nor wflj /'/ a Wonder, /Aa/ 
 the Oak JLould fall, Who 
 dffired not /o >'V'</> but 
 to rejlft. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Do not re/tftOne more powerful, 
 ^/ overcome Him by yielding, 
 0n</ bearing. 
 
 FABLE 
 
SELECT FABLES OF-ffiSOP. 
 
 FABLE LXXIII. 
 
 De LEONE ? 
 VENATOP.E. 
 
 LE O litigat cum 
 Venatore; prasfert fuam 
 Foftitudinerii Fortitudihi 
 Homiriis. Pojl longa jfur~ 
 gia Venator ducit Leonem 
 a^Maufoleum, in Quo Leo 
 erat fculptus deponens 
 Caput in Gremium Viri. 
 Per a rregat Id effe fails 
 Indicii ; nam ait, Homines 
 fculpere Quod vcllent ; 
 quod fi Leones forent Arti- 
 fices, Virum jam Jri 
 fculptum fub Pedibus 
 Lconis. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Qmfque, quoad poted, 
 Cff dicit, ff facit Id y Q^od 
 putat prodefle fux 
 
 Caufse y Parti. 
 
 O/" the LION CBt/ 
 the HUNTER. 
 
 TH E Lion contends with 
 the Hunter ; He prefers bis 
 Strength to (lie Strength 
 of Man. After long Dlf- 
 futes the Hunter leads the Lion 
 /o a Tomb, on Which a Lion 
 xvas carved laying down 
 A/T Head on Mi? Z,o^ of a Man. 
 The Beajl denies /Aa/ to be enough 
 Proof; for he fays, that Men 
 carved What they would ; 
 but if Lions were Arti~ 
 fleers i that the Man o < zt> would be 
 carved under M* /Vrf 
 of the Lion. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Every One, as much a.rhc is able, 
 both fays, and docs 7a/, Which 
 he thinks to be profitable to his 
 Caufe as</ Party. 
 
 FABLE LXXIV. 
 
 fie PUERO Sf FUR'E. O/" the EOY </ the THIEF. 
 
 P'lTer fedebat ftens apud 
 Puteum ; Fur rogat 
 Caufam dendi ; Puer dicit, 
 Fune rupto, Urnam 
 
 Aurt incidiffe Jit Aquas. 
 Horfto exult Se> injilit 
 in Puteum, quserit. Vafe 
 non invtnto, confcendit, 
 atq; 
 
 A Boy Jut weeping at 
 a Well ; A Tbiif afks 
 theCaufeof his weeping;/,k?.Z?0y fays, 
 //f /?5/^ being broke, that an Urn 
 of Gold had fallen into the Waters. 
 The Man undrejfes Himfelf, leaps 
 into/A* 0W/, feeks for it. TheVe/el 
 not &/ fnmd) He comes up, 
 *n^ 
 
 H 
 
52 SELECT FABLES OF /ESOP. 
 
 atq; ibi nee invenit Pus- and there neither does He find the 
 
 rum, nee fuam Tunicam : Boy, nor his own Coat : 
 
 >nippe Puer, Tunica fub- For the Boy, the Coat being taken 
 
 lata, fugerat. away, bad Jled. 
 
 MOR. MOR. 
 
 Interdum faHuntur, Sometimes they are deceived, 
 
 Qni fclent fallere. Who are wont to deceive. 
 
 FABLE LXXV. 
 
 De RCSTICO 5" Of the COUNTRYMAN and 
 
 JUVENCO. , the STEER. 
 
 RUSTICUS Jflfc&rf A COUNTRYMAN bad 
 
 Jnvencum imp alien- ji~\. a Steer impa- 
 
 tem omnis Vinculi & Jug* : tient of every Chain and 7~s>Jk ; 
 
 Homo ajlutulus refecat The Man a little cunning cuts off 
 
 Cornua Beftise ; nam the Horns of the Bead ; for 
 
 petebat Cornibas ; turn he ftruck with his Horns ; then 
 
 jungit non Currui, fed He joins him not /o /* C<?/7, but 
 
 Aratro, ~ ne pulfaret /o/^P/oy^Ajthathefliouldnot ftrikt 
 
 Herurn Calcibus, ut his Majler with his Heels, as 
 
 folebat. Iffe tenet Stivam, Hewaswont. He holds tbePlough, 
 
 gaudens, e ffi c \ff e rejoicing, that He bad ejfe8ed 
 
 Induftria, ' ut jam font by Induftry, that now he Jhould be 
 
 tutus & a Cornibus, 5c a3 fafe ^o//6 from Horns, and /TOOT 
 
 Ungulis. 5^ Quid evenit? Hoofs. 5w/ What happened ? 
 
 Taurus fubinde refiftens The Bullock frequently refilling 
 
 argendo Arenam applet -by fcattering the Sand Jills 
 
 s &? Caput Rujli- the Mouth ai/ Head oftke-C&un- 
 
 i a. tryman with It. 
 
 Jpa 
 Os 
 
 MOA, MOR. 
 
 Nonnulli y/ fie in- Some a/r fo 
 
 tra5a biles, ut nequeant traflable, that 77' ^y 
 
 tra&ari u// Arte, out be managed fy oy Art, or 
 
 Confilio, Counfcl. 
 
 FABLE 
 
SELECT FABLES OF JEBOP. 
 FABLE LXXVI. 
 
 Di SATYRO & VIA.- 
 
 TORE. 
 
 SAtyrus, <%ui olim erat 
 habitus Deus Nemo- 
 rum, ntiferatus Vfatorem 
 obrutvm Nive, atq; cnec- 
 ttim Algore, ducit in 
 fuum Antrum ; fovet 
 Igne. At, dum fpirat 
 in Manus, percontatur 
 Caufam ; Qui refpondens 
 inqultj nt calefiant. Po- 
 ftea, cum accumberenr, 
 Viator fufflat in Pultem, 
 Quod interrogatus cur fa- 
 ce ret, ir.quit, ut frigefcat. 
 Turn continuo Satyrus 
 ejiciens Viatorem iaquit, 
 Nolo, at I lie fit in 
 meo Antro, Cut fit tarn 
 diverfum Os. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Of the SATYR and the TRA- 
 VELLER. 
 
 A Satyr, Who formerly was 
 accounted a God of the 
 Woods, having pitied a Traveller 
 covered with Snow, and almofl 
 dead ttritA Cold, leads Him into 
 his Cave ; cherifhes Him 
 withaFire. Bat, ivhilji He breathes 
 into his Hands, He enquires 
 the Caufe ; Who anfwering 
 fays, that they may be warm. Af- 
 terwards, when they laid down, 
 theTraveller\)\Q\vs into hisPorridge, 
 Which being afked why He 
 old, He f aid, that // may grow cool. 
 Then immediately the Satyr 
 cafling out the Traveller fays, 
 I am not willing, that He be in 
 my Cave, Who has /o 
 different a Mouth. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 JLvitz 6i/inguem Homtnem, Avoid a double-tongued Man, 
 / eft Proteus in Sermone. . Who is a Proteus in Difcourfe. 
 
 FABLE LXXVII. 
 
 Z)<; TAURO 3* MURE. O/" the BULL aW the MOUSE. 
 
 H E Moufe bad lit 
 the Foot of the Bull, fly- 
 /n/o his 
 
 MU S mamorderat 
 
 Pcdcm Tauri, fu- 
 
 gtens in fuum Antrum. ng /no s o^r. 
 
 l^aurus v/^ra/ Cornua, The Bull Irandi/hes his Horns, 
 qmtrit Hoftem, viJet nuf- fec-l:s his Enemy, y?rj A/'w 
 quam. ^f/w irridet an ; where. TheMoufe laughs at / 
 inquit 
 
 fays 
 
54 SELECT FABLES OF MSOP. 
 
 inquit, quia es robujlus, 
 ac vaftus, idcirco non con- 
 tempferis Qne.mvis ; nunc 
 eximius Mas laefit Te, & 
 quidem gratis. 
 
 Nemo 
 Flocci. 
 
 Mo*. 
 pendat 
 
 Hoftem 
 
 fays He, lecaufe thou art robuft, 
 and big, therefore you Jbould not 
 have dcfpifed any One ; now 
 a little Moufe has hurt T/:ft, and 
 indeed gratis. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Let no Man rate his Enemy 
 at a Lock of Wool. 
 
 FABLE LXXVIII. 
 
 De RVSTICO fc7 
 HERCULE. 
 
 CURRUS Rujll- 
 ci haerct in profundo 
 Luto- Mox fupinus 
 
 implorat Deum Herculem ; 
 } r ox in ton at e Coelo, 
 Inepte, fiagella tucs Equos, 
 tS 1 Ipfc annitere Rot is, 
 atq; turn Hercules vocatus 
 aderit. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Otiofa Vota profunt Ktl ; 
 Qua: fane Deus non audit. 
 Ipfe juva Teiffum, turn 
 Deus juvabit Te. 
 
 Of the COUNTRYMAN and 
 HERCULES. 
 
 THE Waggon of a Country- 
 man (licks in a deep 
 Clay. By and by laying along 
 He implores the God Hercuks ; 
 a Voice thunders out of Heaven, 
 Fool, whip thy Horfes, 
 and Thyfelf try at the Wheels, 
 and then Hercules being called 
 will be prefent. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Idle Vows profit Nothing \ 
 Which indeed God does not hear. 
 Thyfelf help Thyfelf, then 
 Ccid will help Thee. 
 
 FABLE LXXIX. 
 
 D* Cicada & Formica. 0/"theGrafhopper<zfl</thcPifmire. 
 
 CUM Cicada cantet "T IT 7 HEN the Grajiopper Cngs 
 per ^ftatem, Formica V V in the Summer, the Ant 
 exercet /uam Meflem, tra- exercifes her Harvefi, draw- 
 hens in* 
 
SELECT FABLES OF &SOP. 5$ 
 
 tens Grana in Antrum, 
 ghjts reponit in Hyemcra. 
 Brumd fseviente, fame/tea 
 Cicada venlt ad Formicam, 
 & mendlcat Viftum. Formica 
 renuit, diciitans, Sefe labora- 
 vift, dura Ilia cantabat. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Qjji fft fegnis in Juventa, 
 tgebit in Senefla ; 5? Qui 
 non farcii, mox mendicablt. 
 
 ing the Grains into a 
 Which She lays up again/I Winter. 
 The Winter raging, the famifted 
 Grafliopper comes to /A^ ^w/, 
 and begs Visuals. TA^ -fn/ 
 
 jthat She bad labour? 
 
 fung. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Who it flothful in Youth, 
 /ball want in Age ; and Who 
 <sWA not J "pare ; by and \xyJbaU beg. 
 
 FABLE LXXX. 
 
 De CANE 5" LEONE. 
 
 CANIS jocans occurrit 
 Leant, quid Tu ex- 
 hauftus Inedld percurris 
 Sylvcu & De-via ? fpeda 
 /fir pinguem, 5* nitidum, 
 atque confequor H<c, non 
 Labore, fed CW0. Turn 
 Leo inquit, Tu quidem 
 babes tuas JEpulas, fed 
 Stolide, babes etiam Vincula ; 
 Efto Tu Servus, Qui poles 
 fervire ; Ego guides, fum 
 //5rr, ncc voh fervire. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Leo refpondit pulchre : 
 Etenim Libertas eft potior 
 smnilw Rebus. 
 
 0/"the DOG and the LION, 
 
 AD O G joking meets 
 a Lion, why dojl Thou eK- 
 hautled w/VA Want run thro* 
 //JK ^c??i/j and By-places ? fee 
 .$/( fat, and fleck, 
 
 and I obtain thefe Things, not 
 by Labour, but 5y Idlenefs. Then 
 /A Z,/on fays, 7^0 indeed 
 Aa/? thy Dainties^ but 
 
 /oe/ t Thou haft alfo Chains ; 
 Be Thou a Slave, /'f^o art able 
 (9 ferve ; I indeed, am 
 ^/rff, nor am / willing to fcrve. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 The Lion anfivered beautifully : 
 For Liberty it better 
 than all Things. 
 
 FABLE 
 
<6 SELECT FABLES OF /ESOP. 
 FABLE LXXXI. 
 
 Of the FISHES. 
 
 FLuvialis Pifiis eft cor- 
 rfptus per Vim Flu- 
 mints in Mare, ubi ciFerens 
 fuam Nobilitatem, pendcbat 
 omne marinum Gemis vili. 
 Phoca non tulit Hoc, fid 
 ait, Tune fore Indicium 
 Nobilitctis, fi caftus porte- 
 tur ad Forum cum Phoca ; 
 Se iri emptum a Nobiltlus, 
 autem Ilium a Plebe. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Multt funt fie capti 
 Libidine G/ori<e, ut Ipfi 
 jadent Se. Scd /><7j 
 fiii Ons non datur 
 Homini Laud!, at excipi- 
 tur cum Rifu Audito- 
 
 A River Fl/b is 
 </OTt'n by theF'jrce of the Ri- 
 ver into the Sea, where extolling 
 bis Nobility, He valued 
 all the Sea Race at a low Rate. 
 The Seal bore not This, but 
 faid, Then would be a Proof 
 of Nobility, if taken He fhould be 
 carried to Market 'with a Seal ; 
 that He fhoiild be bought byNobks, 
 but //<? by the common People. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 "Many are fo taltn 
 
 with the Luft of Glory, that 7"/j<rj' 
 boaft Themfehfs. But //6<f Praj/i 
 of his own Mouth is not given 
 to a Man for a Praife, &// is receiv- 
 ed with the Laughter <?/" the Hear- 
 
 FABLE LXXXII. 
 
 De Pardo f Vulpecula. O/" the Leopard and the Fox. 
 
 PArdus, Cut eft 
 
 pi Sum Tergum, cater is 
 Feris, etiam Leonibus de- 
 fpeftis ab Eo, intumefcebat. 
 Vulpfcula accedit ad Hunc, 
 fuadet non fuperbire, 
 dicens quidfm, ///;' efle 
 fpeciofam Pellem, *vero Sibi 
 effe fpeciofam Meniem. 
 
 THE Leopard, Who has 
 a paintfd Back, the other 
 Beafts, even the Lions being de- 
 fpifed by Him, was puffed up. 
 The Fox comes to Him, 
 perfuades Him not to be proud, 
 faying indeed, that He had 
 a jim Skin, but He 
 lad a fine Mind. 
 
 MOR. 
 
SELECT FABLEST OF 1ESOP. 57 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Eft Difcrimen & Or do 
 Bonorum : JSona 
 
 Corporis prxjlant Bonis 
 Fortune ; fed Bona Animi 
 funt prseferenda His. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 There is a Difference and Order 
 of good Things : The Goods 
 of the Body excel the Goods 
 of Fortune; but theGoods oftheMin-d 
 are to be preferred to Thefe. 
 
 FABLE LXXXIII. 
 
 De VULPE Of FELE. 
 
 CUM Vulpet in Collo- 
 qu'tO) Q^od ///*' erat 
 cum Fele, jaffartt t Sibi 
 effe varias Tcchnas, adeo 
 at haberet vel Ptram 
 refer tarn Dolis : Autem 
 Fells refpondit, Sibi ej/e 
 duntaxat unicam Artem, Cut 
 fideret, Ji efTet 
 
 ^?//WDifcriminis. Inter con - 
 fabulandum repente 
 
 Tumultus Canum accurren- 
 tium audltur ; Ibi Felis 
 fubfilit in altifllmam 
 Arborem ; interim Vulpes 
 cinda Canibus capitur. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Fabula innuit, nonnun- 
 quam unicum ConfiUum, 
 mo Jo fit verum, & efficax, 
 cfle praftabilius quaru plures 
 Dolos, S3 5 frivoja Con/ilia. 
 
 Of the Fox and the CAT. 
 
 WHEN the Fox in a Dlf- 
 courft, Which He had 
 with the Cat, loajled, that lie 
 bad various Shifts, fo 
 that He had even a Budget 
 full of Tricks : But 
 
 the Cat anfzvered, That She o<-/ 
 only 07Z Art, to which 
 She trufted, if there was 
 ony Thing of Danger. In the Dif- 
 courfe fuddenly 
 
 the Noife o/" /^ Dogs run- 
 ning heard: Then /^ C"a/ 
 leaps rV//o a very high 
 Tree ; in the mean time the Fox 
 furrounded by the Dogs is taken. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 The Fable intimates, that fome- 
 times one Defign, 
 
 yi that it be true, and effefiual, 
 is &-/ter than more 
 
 Tricks^ and frivolous Dejtgns. 
 
 FABLE 
 
58 SELECT FABLES OF 
 
 FABLE LXXXIV. 
 
 De RFOE & SIMIIS. 
 
 QUid am JEgyptius Res 
 ibjlituit aliquot Simias, 
 ut ptrdif cerent A & ion cm 
 faltandi. Nam< a/ nullum 
 Animal acccdit propius ad 
 Figuram Hominis, z/a nee 
 altud imitator humanos 
 A&us a&/ nielius, dut li- 
 bentius. Itaque protinus 
 edoda Artem faltandi , 
 cafe runt fa It are, induttt 
 purpureis yeflimentist ac 
 pcrfonata ; & Spdlaculum 
 jam placebat longo Tcmpore 
 in mirum Modum ; </o<?c 
 Q^iifpiam e Spedtatorihus 
 facetus abjecit Nuces in Me- 
 dlum, Quas babebat 
 
 clauculum in Loctilis. lit 
 ftatim Simi<e, fimul atque 
 vidffint Nu e e s , oblitte 
 Choreae, ca-ferui/t efle /^, 
 Q^uod fuerant antea^ ac 
 rcpente e Saltatricibus rc- 
 dierunt in Simias ; & 
 Perlonis & Vejlibus dilace- 
 ratis, pugnabant inter Se 
 pro Nucibusi non y?/7^ 
 tiiaximo J?// Sptftato- 
 rum. 
 
 0/"the KING and the APES. 
 
 A 
 
 Certain Egyptian 
 appointed fome 
 
 King 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Haec 
 Crnamenta 
 non mutare 
 jFfominis. 
 
 that they fljould learn the Action 
 of Dancing. For, as no 
 Animal coincth nearer to 
 the Figure of a Man, Jo neither 
 any other imitates human 
 Adt ions either better, or more 
 willingly. Therefore prefently 
 being taught the Art of Dancing, 
 They began to dance, clothed 
 in pdrple Vfjlmenla % and 
 majked ; and //;< .S^f 
 now pleafed for a long 7V/nr 
 after a wonderful Manner ; till 
 One of the Spc&ators 
 facetious threw Nuts into /^* .M/*/- 
 dlf, Which /,* /W 
 
 privately in his Pockets. 7!/&#i 
 prefently the Apes, as foon ai 
 They fa'iv the Nut3, having forgot 
 the Dance, fo^an to be That, 
 Which /A^y ^rt^/ ^ before, and 
 foddenly from Dancers re- 
 turned into Apes ; and 
 their Mafks and Clothes being 
 torn, they fought among Themfelvet 
 for the Nuts, not without 
 the greateftZ/rtw^Ater of the Spefta- 
 tors. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 admonet, This Falle admoniflieth, 
 Fortunae that the Ornaments of Fortune 
 Ingenium do not change the Difpofition 
 of a Man. 
 
 FABLE 
 
SELECT FABLES OF JESOP. 59 
 FABLE LXXXV. 
 
 De ASIKO ff VJATO- 
 
 RIBUS. 
 
 DU O Quidam, cum 
 forte invenirent 
 
 Afinum in Sjlva, cceperunt 
 tontendere inter Se, 
 
 Uter Eorum abduceret 
 EumQomum, nil fuum ; nam 
 vidcbatur pariter objeftus 
 Utriq; a Fortund. In- 
 terim, Illls altercantibus 
 invicem, Afirms alduxit 
 Se, ac Neuter potltus eft 
 Eo. 
 
 . ' MOR. 
 
 Quidam excldunt a pr<z- 
 ftntibus Com mod is, Quibus 
 nefciunt uti ob 
 
 Infcitiam. 
 
 Of the Ass and the TRAVEL- 
 LERS. 
 
 TW O certain Men, when 
 by chance they found 
 an Afs in a Wood, began 
 to contend between Thentfehes t 
 Whether of them {hould lead 
 Him Home, as his own ; for 
 he feemed equally offered 
 to Either by Fortune. In the mean 
 time, 'They wrangling 
 
 by Turns, the Afs withdrew 
 Himfelf, and Neither obtained 
 Him. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Some fall from pre- 
 f:nt Advantages, Which 
 
 they know not how to ufe thro* 
 Ignorance. 
 
 FABLE LXXXVI. 
 
 De CORVO & LUPIS. Of the CROW and the WOCVES. 
 
 CORVUS comitafur 
 Lupos per ardua 
 Juga Montium ; pvjlu- 
 lat Partem Prede Si- 
 bi, qula fecutus efliet, 5* 
 non deftituiffet Eos ullo 
 Tempore, Deinde ejl re- 
 pulfus a Lupis, qula 
 non minus voraret Exta 
 Luporum, fi occlderentur, 
 quam x/a cseterorum 
 Animallum. 
 
 I 
 
 THE CROW accompanies 
 the Wolves Mro* the high 
 'fops of the Mountains ; He de- 
 mands aPart of the Prey for Him- 
 felf, becaufe he had followed, #</ 
 had not forfook Them at any 
 Time. Then he is re- 
 pulfed ly the Wolves, becaufe 
 no \tkwould he devour the Entrails 
 o/"/A<r Wolves, \Stheyfaould be Jlatn y 
 than /ta Entrails of other 
 Animals. 
 
 MOR. 
 
60 SELECT FABLES OF j<ESOP. 
 
 Mo. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Non Quid agamus ejl Not What We may do is 
 fempcr infpiciendum ; fd always to be looked into ; but 
 quo Animo ,/tmus, cum of What Mind We be, wheti 
 
 -Animo 
 agamus 
 
 FABLE LXXXVII. 
 
 JD<f MURE nato in 
 Cifla. 
 
 MU S not us in ;y?^ 
 duxerat yfrf omnem 
 yitam ibi, pajlus Nucibus, 
 >ue folcbant firvari in 
 a. Autem, dum ludens 
 c;r:a Oras Cijla 
 
 cifcidifiet, c57" qusereret 
 Af centum i reperit Epulas 
 iactifiime pnratas t Q^uas 
 fii/n ccepiffet gitftare, 
 jr. quit, Quam fl olid us fui 
 liaftenus, ^w/ credebam 
 effe Nihil /' toto 
 Orbc melius mca C'tjluld ? 
 Ecce ! yd*. vefcor fuavi- 
 wlbus Cibis /fo / 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Hasc Fabula indicat, Pa- 
 triam non diligendam it a, 
 a/ non adcamus ea Loca t 
 ubi cimus efle 
 
 <?/ th MOUSE born in the 
 Chcft. 
 
 AMoufe born in 
 had led attntfl all 
 Z//<r there, fed with Nuts, 
 were wont to be kept in 
 //. But, -whilft playing 
 about the Edges of the 'Chtjl 
 He fell down, and tried at 
 getting up, He found Dainties 
 moft fuTnptuoiifly/n>/>flm/, Which 
 iftan He had began /o fa/?r, 
 He faid, How foolifh have I leen 
 hitherto, Who believed 
 
 ibere was nothing in the whole 
 World tetter than my Chejl ? 
 Behold ! how I am fed witb/weet- 
 er Meats here ! 
 
 MOR. 
 
 This Fable fhows, that a Coun- 
 try is not to be beloved fo, 
 that We may not go to thofePlacet, 
 where We may be able to be more 
 
 FABLE 
 
SELECT FABLES OF /ESOP. 6r 
 FABLE LXXXVIII. 
 
 De Rusrtco impel r ante. Of the COUNTRYMAN obtaining, 
 ut Triticum nafceretur that Wheat fhould grow 
 abfque Ariftis. ivitfout Beards. 
 
 QUidam Rujlkus ira- 
 petraverat a Cerere, 
 ui JL riticum nafceretur abfq; 
 Artftis, ne l&deret 
 
 Man us Metentium & 
 Triturantium ; Quod, cum 
 inarnit, eft . depajtum a 
 minutis Avibus : "Turn R li- 
 ft ic us in quit, Qua HI digne 
 patior ! Qui Caufa 
 
 par<v<e commoditatis per.didi 
 ctJam maxima Emolumen- 
 ta. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Fabula incaf t parva 
 Incommoda penlanda 
 
 natori Utilitate. 
 
 A Certain Countryman had ob- 
 tained from Ceres, 
 that Wheat Jhould g row without 
 Beards, that ic might not hurt 
 the Hands of the Reapers and 
 Threfhers ; Which, when 
 it grew ripe, <was e.it up by 
 the [mall Birds : Then the Coun- 
 tryman faid, How worthily 
 I fuffer! Who for the Sake- 
 of a fmall Commodity have lojl 
 even the greatejl Advanta- 
 ges. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 The Fable /Lows, that fmall 
 Difadvantages are to be weighed 
 with a greater Profit. 
 
 FABLE LXXXIX. 
 
 De ACCIVITRE infequente 
 
 CoLUMBAM. 
 
 CU M Accipiter infe- 
 queretur Columbam 
 pneciptti folatn, ingref- 
 lus quandam Villam eft 
 captus a Ruftico, Quern 
 obfecrabat blonde, ut 
 dimitteret Se ; nam, 
 
 dixit, nan Itfi Te. 
 GUI Ruib'cus refpon- 
 dit, nee Hxc Iseferat Te. 
 
 Of the HAWK purfuing 
 the PIGEON. 
 
 WHEN the Hawk pur- 
 fued the Pigeon 
 
 with a fpeedy Flight, having en- 
 tered a certain Village He was 
 taken by a Countryman, Whom 
 He befought fairly, that 
 He would difmifs Him ; for, 
 faid He, / have not hurt Thee. 
 To whom the Countryman an- 
 fwered, nor had She hurt Tlee. 
 
 MOR. 
 
02 
 
 SELECT FABLES OF ALSOP. 
 
 MOR. MOR. 
 
 Eos 
 
 Fabula inJuaf, 
 puviri merito, >u: CODED 
 tur lecdere innocents. > 
 
 The Fable Jbo-ws, that They 
 are puni/hed deftrvedly, Who en- 
 deavour to hurt the Innocent. 
 
 FABLE XC. 
 
 De RUST i CO tranji- 
 turo Arnfiem. 
 
 RUfticus tranjituruf 
 
 Torrentem, )ui forte 
 excreverat Imbribus, 
 
 quxrebat Vadum^ & cum 
 tentaviflet earn Partem 
 Fluminis, Qua; videbatur 
 quittior, jf placidior, 
 rcperit Earn altiorem, quam 
 fuerat opinatus ; rurfus 
 adinvenit breviorem, & 
 tuliorem Part era ; ibi Flu- 
 vius iltcurrelat majori 
 St refit u A q u a i u m 
 inquit Secum, 
 tutius poffumus 
 noftram Vitam in 
 
 Aquis, cuam 
 Jilmtibus. 
 
 Turn 
 Quara 
 credere 
 elamo/is 
 
 quiet is & 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Admonemur hac 
 
 Fabula, ut extimefcamus 
 Homines verbofos, ff mi- 
 naces, minus quam quiftof. 
 
 Of the COUNTRYMAN about to 
 pafs over a RIVER. 
 
 A Countryman alcut to pafs over 
 J[\. a Torrent, Which by Chance 
 had increafed by the Showers, 
 fought a Shallow, and ivhen 
 He had tried that Part 
 of the River, Which feemed 
 more quiet, and fmooth, 
 he found It deeper, than 
 He had thought ; again 
 He came to a JJ}allo>wer, and 
 fafer Part ; there the Ri- 
 ver ran down with a greater 
 Noife of Waters : Then 
 He faid with Himfr'f, How 
 more faftly are we able to trujl 
 Our Life in /^ clamorous 
 Waters, than in /^ quiet an4 
 Jilent, 
 
 Mox. 
 
 We are admoniflied ^y /-&w 
 Fable, that We fhould fear 
 Jl/n verbofe, and threat- 
 ning, lefs than the quiet. 
 
 FABLE 
 
SELECT FABLES OF ^ESOP. 63 
 FABLE XCI. 
 
 De COLUMBA y PICA. Of the PIGEON and the MAGPIE. 
 
 COlumba interrogate a TH H E Pigeon bein 
 
 Pica, Quid induccret J_ the Pie, What could induce 
 
 Earn, ut nidincaret femper Her, that She built always 
 
 in eodem Loco, cum ejus in the fame Place, when Her 
 
 Pulli fcmpcr furriperentur Toung always were ^ taken 
 
 inde, refpondit, Simpli- from thence, anfivered, Simpli- 
 
 citas. city. 
 
 MOR. MOR. 
 
 Hxc Fabnla indicat, bouos This Fable fiiows, that good 
 
 Viros f<rfc decipi facile. Men often arc deceived eofily. 
 
 FABLE XCII. 
 
 Be ASIKO C5 5 VITULO-. 
 
 A Sinus & Vit\ilus, cum 
 pafcerentur in eodern 
 Prato, prssfentiebant ho- 
 Jlilem Exerciuim adventare 
 Sonit'i Campans. Turn 
 Vitulus inquit, Sodalis, 
 fugiamus hinc, ne Holies 
 abducant Nos Captivos ; 
 Cui Afinus refpondit, 
 Fuge Tu, Quern Holies 
 confueverunt occidere, ff 
 efle : Nihil inter ejl Afini, 
 Cui ubique e a clem 
 
 Conditio ferendi Oneris 
 ejl propofita. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Hxc F alula 
 fiervos, ne 
 
 admonet 
 
 formident 
 
 mag- 
 
 Of the Ass and theCAi.F. 
 
 TH E Afs am/the Calf, 
 they were fed in the fame 
 Pajlurfy perceived an n^- 
 wj-'s' Army to approach 
 by the iSound of a Bell. Then 
 the Caff faid, Companion, 
 let us Jly hence, left the Enemies 
 If ad away Us Captives ; 
 To whom /i<f Afs agiwered, 
 Fly Thou, Whom the Enemies 
 have been ufed to flay, ar.cl 
 to eat : // is no Inter ejl of the Afs, 
 to Whom every where the fame. 
 Condition of bearing a Burden 
 is offered. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 This Fable warns 
 
 Servants, that they may not fear 
 
 greatly 
 
64 SELECT FABLES OF JESOP. 
 
 m.ignopere mutare Dominos, 
 modb futuri non fint 
 Jeter lores priori bus. 
 
 greatly to change their Lords, 
 provided that the future be not 
 ivorfe than the former. 
 
 FABLE XCIII. 
 
 f)e VULPE 9* MULIERI- 
 BUS edcntilus GaHinas, 
 
 V'Ulpes tran/lens jnxta 
 quondam Villam, 
 ecnfp'xit cateram Mulierum 
 cornedentcm alto Silentio 
 plurinas Gallinas opipare 
 affatas : dd Qnas converfa 
 inquit, >ui Claraorcs C5* 
 Latratus Canum efient 
 contra Me, Ji Ego facerem 
 Quod Vos facitis ? Cut 
 qusedam Anus rrfpondens 
 inquit t Nos (.omedtmus Quas 
 font Nollra, vero Tufuraris 
 alien*. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Quod eft me vim non aiti- 
 net ad Te. Ne furore ; 
 efto contentut tuis Rebus- 
 
 Of the Fox W the WO- 
 MEN eating the Hens, 
 
 AF O X pajjlng near 
 a certain Village, 
 Jaw a Heap o/" Women 
 eating / deep Silence 
 very many Hens daintily 
 roarted : To Whom being turned 
 He fa id, What Clarrr u,s and 
 Barkings of Dogs would be 
 agawjl Me, // I did 
 What Tou do ? To ivhom 
 a certain old Woman anfwering 
 /aid, We eat What 
 
 are Ours, ^u/ Thou Jleahjl 
 other Men's Things. 
 
 MOR, 
 
 What is mine </7^j o/ le- 
 long to 77>. Do not Jieal ; 
 be cont:nt with Uiine own Things. 
 
 FABLE XCIV. 
 
 De pinguibus CAPOKIBUS 
 ff macro. 
 
 QUixJam Vir nutricave- 
 rat complures Capones 
 
 in eodem Ornithobofcio ; Qui in 
 cm ties funt efedi pingues all 
 prfter 
 
 Of the fat CAPONS 
 and the lean one. 
 
 A Certain Man had brought 
 up very many Capons 
 the fame Coop ; Who 
 were made fat 
 
 except 
 
SELECT FABLES OF MSOP. 65 
 
 pr<fter Unum, Quern Fratres 
 irridebant,ut macilentum. Do- 
 minus accepturus nobiles 
 Hofpites lauto 5* fumptuofo 
 Convivlo, imperat Coquo, 
 tit inleriwat, & coqttat ex 
 His, Q^uos invenerlt 
 
 pinguiores. Pingues audi- 
 cntcs Hoc afflidlabant &efe> 
 diccntes, ft Nos fuffimus 
 macilenti ! 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Haec Fabula eft conjifta 
 in Solamen Pauperum, 
 quorum Vita ejl tutior, Quam 
 Vita Divitum. 
 
 except One, Which his Brethren 
 laughed at, as /fan. The 
 Mailer about to receive noblp 
 Guefts in 3 neat flH</ fumptuoua 
 Banquet, commands thg Cook, 
 that He fhould kill and foo/f out of 
 Thefe, which /f<; Jbould find 
 the fatter. 7"At fat hear- 
 ing T/J/X afflided Themfelves, 
 faying, */ We had been 
 lean ! 
 
 MOR. 
 
 This Fable was invented 
 for //;<? Comfort of the Poor, 
 tvhofe Life fafer, /an 
 the Life o/ /^ -RwA. 
 
 FABLE XCV. 
 
 De CYGNO canente in 
 
 Mortt, reprehenfo 
 
 Ciconia. 
 
 CYgnus moriens inter- 
 rogabatur a Ciconia, 
 cur in Morte, Q^uam cetera 
 Animalia adeo exhorrent, 
 emitteret Sonos multo 
 fuaviores, quam in omni 
 Vita \ cum potius deberet 
 efle moeflvs. Cui Q^nux 
 Jnquit, >uia non crucia- 
 lor araplius Card quaeren- 
 
 di cm. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Haec Fabula adraonet, 
 ne fornidemut Mortem ; 
 >ud omaes Miferi* prs- 
 f^ntis Vit* praeciduntor. 
 
 Of the SWAN finging rn 
 
 Death, reprehended 
 
 by the Stork. 
 
 TH E Swan dying was afk- 
 ed by the Stork, 
 e/y in Death, Which other 
 Animals fo fear, 
 
 He fent forth Sounds much 
 fvveeter, than In all 
 
 his Life ; when rather He ought 
 to be fad. To whom the Sivan 
 faid, Beeattfs I fhall not be tor- 
 mented longer with the Care of 
 feeking Meat. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 This Fable admonifhes, 
 that We da not fear Death ; 
 ries of the prc- 
 
 by Which *\\thcMi[eri f 
 fent Life arc cut off. 
 
 FABLE 
 
66 SELECT FABLES OF JESOP. 
 FABLE XCVI. 
 
 De TRABE fc? BOBVS 
 trakentlbus Earn. 
 
 ULmea Trats conque- 
 icbatur de Bobirs, 
 dicens, O Ingraft^ Ego a/wi 
 Vs mulio Tern pore melt 
 FiuiuHbus; vero Vos trahitls 
 Me ueflram Nutricem />?/ 
 Saxa 5" Luta. f 
 
 Bovcs ; Noftra Siifpiria & 
 Gemilus tsf Stimulus, 
 Quo pnngimur, pof- 
 funt docere Tet quod in- 
 vit'i trahimus Te. 
 
 Of the BEAM and the OXEN 
 drawing It. 
 
 AN Elm Beam complain- 
 ed of the Oxen, 
 faying, O ungrateful, I />GD fed 
 You a /of Time with my 
 Leaves ; but You draw 
 Me j-owr Nourifher tiro* 
 Stones fl^ Dirt. To Whom 
 the Oxen ; Owr Sighs and 
 Groans and the Goad 
 with which We arc pricked, are 
 able to teach Thee, that n- 
 We draw 7*&r. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Hasc Fabula docet Nos, 
 ne excandcfcamus in 
 Eos, Qui laedunt Nos, non 
 Jud Sponte. 
 
 Moa. 
 
 This Fable teaches Us, 
 that we fliould not be hot againjl 
 Them, Who hurt Ut t not 
 cf their own Accord. 
 
 FABLE XCVII. 
 
 De Angnilla congucrente, 
 quod infejlaretur magis, 
 quam Scrpcns. 
 
 Of the 
 
 that / 
 
 ANguilla tnterrogalat 
 Serpentem, cur, cum 
 ejfent fimiles; atq; cognati, 
 Homines tamen infequerentur 
 Sc potlus quam I I lam : 
 Cui Serpent inquit, quid 
 raro Ixdunt Me impu- 
 ne. 
 
 Eel 
 
 complaining, 
 infejlcd more 
 
 /^a the Serpent. 
 
 TH E Eel ajked 
 
 the Serpent, why, feeing that 
 They were alike, and Kinsfolk, 
 Men yet purfued 
 
 Him ra//j*r than //>r .- 
 To whom the Serpent faid, Iccaufe 
 feldom do They hurt Me vnpunijk- 
 ed. 
 
 MOR. 
 
SELECT FABLES OF^ESOP. 67 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Haec Fabula indicat, Eos 
 folerc ladi minus, 
 
 g)ui ulcifcunttir. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 This Fable fhows, that They 
 are wont to be hurt lefsy 
 Who revenge. 
 
 FABLE XGVIII. 
 
 De ASINO, SIMIA, y 
 TALPA. 
 
 A Si no conquerente, quod 
 carer ft Corrtibus j vero 
 Simia, quod Cauda deejjet 
 Sibi ; Talpa inquit, Ta- 
 cete, cum videos Me ^ 
 cap cum culls. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Hsec Fabula pertinet ad 
 Eos, J^/ non funt contend 
 fua " ^or/f ; C^tit, 
 
 fi conjiderarent Infortunia 
 Aliorum, tolerarcnt fua 
 acquiore Ammo. 
 
 Of the Ass, the APE, and 
 the MOLE. 
 
 TH E Afs complaining, that 
 He wanted Horns ; but 
 the Ape, that a Tail ivas wanting 
 to Him ; The Mole fa id, Hold your 
 Peace, when you fee Me /o & 
 deprived of Eyes. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 This .for/ pertains to 
 Them, Who are not content 
 with their own Condition ; Who, 
 if They conjidered the Misfortunes 
 of Others, would bear their own 
 with a mote patient Mind. 
 
 FABLE XCIX. 
 
 De NAUTIS impJorantibus 
 Auxilium San8orum. 
 
 QUidam Nauta depre- 
 henfus in Mari fubita 
 & atra Tempeftate, cattris 
 ejus Sociis implorantibus 
 Stuxitium diverforum 
 
 Sanfforum, inquit, Nefc'it'ts 
 Quod petit'u ; Etenim, 
 antequam ifti Sanfti confe- 
 rant 
 
 Of the MARINERS imploring 
 the Help of the Saints, 
 
 A Certain Mariner overta- 
 ken at Sea with a fudden 
 and dark Tempeft, the reft. 
 of his Companions imploring 
 the Help of different 
 
 Saints, faid, Ye know not 
 What ye afi ; For, 
 
 before that thofe Saints can be- 
 take 
 
 K 
 
68 SELECT FABLES OF JESOP. 
 
 rant Se ad Deum pro nojlra 
 Liberalise, obrtie- 
 
 mur hie imminent! Procella. 
 Confugiti igitur ad Eum, 
 Qui Abfque Admimculo 
 Jllterius poterit liber are 
 Nos a tantis Malts. Igi- 
 tur, Auxtlio Omnipotentis 
 Del inrocato, illito 
 
 Procella ceffavit. 
 
 Mo*. 
 
 Ne cpnfugito ad imbe- 
 cilliores, ubi Auxiliuni 
 Intentions potcft haberi. 
 
 take Them/elves to God for cur 
 Deliverance, We Jhail I; ovtr- 
 'whelmed in this imminent Storm. 
 Fly therefore to Him, 
 Who without the Help 
 of Another (halt be able to deliver 
 Us from fo great Evils. There- 
 fore, the Help of Almighty 
 Cod being invoked, prejcntiy 
 the Storm ceafed* 
 
 Mo*. 
 
 Do not fly to the weak- 
 .cr, where the Help 
 
 of a more powerful may be had. 
 
 FABLE C. 
 
 J}e Pifcibus defilientibus e 
 Sartagim In Pruntrs. 
 
 PIfces ac/Ar vivi royjtf- 
 ^d^ar in Sartagine fer- 
 vent! 0/ro .' Unus Quorum 
 inquit, Fratres, Fugiamus 
 nine, ne pereamua. 
 
 Turn Omnet pariter exiiren- 
 tes e Sartagine deciderunt 
 in ardentes Prunes. Igitur 
 affsdi majore Dolors dam- 
 nabant Con/ilium, Quod 
 ceferantf dicentes, Quan- 
 ta atrociori Moris nuoc 
 perimut ! 
 
 MOR. 
 
 II xc Fabula admonct Nos, 
 ut vitemus proefentia 
 
 cula it a, 
 gravfara. 
 
 Peri- 
 
 incidaTmts in 
 
 O/ the Fiftes /M/M^ out of 
 the Frying- Pan into the Coals* 
 
 Fifties jf/ alive <zy<rr^ ^o<f- 
 tt/in aFrying- Pan with fcald- 
 ing 0*7.- One o/ /^6/fA 
 faid, Brethren^ Let us fly 
 /;, that we may not perifh. 
 Then Ail in like Manner leap- 
 ing out of the Frying- Pan fell 
 j/^on the burning Coals. Therefore 
 afftSed with greater Pain They 
 condemned the Counfcl, Which 
 They had taken, faying, By kfw 
 much a more cruel Death no\v 
 do IV e feri/Jj ! 
 
 MOR. 
 
 This Fable admonifhes Ui, 
 that We avoid the prefent Dan- 
 gers fo, that we do not fall into 
 mtre gtitsiiut. 
 
 FABLE 
 
SELECT FABLES OF 
 
 FABLE CI. 
 
 2)e Quadrupedibus ineun- 0/"the Four-footed Beafts enter- 
 tibus Societalem cum ing into an Alliance with 
 Pifcibus adverfus Aves. the Fifties againjl the Birds. 
 
 QUadrupedes, cum 
 
 Bellum effet iftdidlum 
 Sibi ab Avibus, ineunt 
 Fcedus cum Pifcibus, 
 ut tuerentur Se eo- 
 rum Auxilio a Furore 
 Awium. Autena, cum ex- 
 pedtarent optata Auxilia, 
 Pifces negant, Se poffe 
 accedere ad Se per 
 
 Hxc Fdbula admonet Not, 
 nc faciamus Eos So- 
 eio Nobis, Qui, <rOT fit 
 
 Opus, non 
 Nobis. 
 
 pount 
 
 THc Four-footed Beafts, 
 War was proclaimed again ft 
 Them by the Birds, enter into 
 a League with tJjc Ftfoes, 
 that /A<y would defend Them tu'ftb 
 their Help from the Fury 
 o//Af Birds. But, w/^fn They ex- 
 peded the Jejired Succours, 
 the Fi/hes deny, that They are able 
 to corns to them by Land. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 This J^ji/e advifes 7j, 
 that We do not make T^wn Com- 
 panions /o Us, Who, when there is 
 Need, are jiat able /o be frefent 
 to Us. 
 
 FABLE CII. 
 
 De VIRO, Qui acfej/it ad 
 Cardinalem nuper creatum 
 Gratia gratulandi. 
 
 QUJdam Vir admodum 
 facetus, audiens fuum 
 Amicum adfumptum ad Dig- 
 nitatem Cardinalatus, 
 accejjit ad Eum Gratia gra- 
 tulandi : Qni tumidus 
 Hoaore, diflmulans 
 agnofcere "vetercm Amicum, 
 inter rogabat, Quifnam tffet. 
 Cui 
 
 Of a MAN, Who went to 
 a Cardinal lately created for 
 the Sake of congratulating Him, 
 
 A Certain Man very 
 facetious, hearing that hit 
 Friend was preferred to the Dig- 
 nity of the Cardinalfhip, 
 went to Him for the Sake of con- 
 gratulating Him : Who puffed up 
 with the Honour, diflcmbling 
 to know his old Friend, 
 afled, Who He was.' 
 
 To 
 
7Q SELECT FABLES OF 
 
 Cui il/e inquit, ut erat 
 prcmptus ad Jocos, Mife- 
 refco Tui & C&terorum, Qui 
 tervetiiunt ad Honor es hujus 
 Modi. ; etenim, quampri- 
 mum ell is afTecuti Dignita- 
 tes hujus Modi, ita amittitis 
 Vifum, Auditumq; & c<r- 
 ieros Senfus, ut non am- 
 plius dignofcatis priftinos 
 Amicos. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Kaec Fabula notat Eos, 
 Qui fublati in ahum de- 
 fpiciant veteres Amicitias. 
 
 To Whom He fald, as He was 
 r^ffl^ at Jtjis* I pi- 
 ty Thee and O'^rr, Who 
 arrive to Honours of this 
 Kind; for, j ,/oon 
 
 cj Ye have obtained Digni- 
 ties of this Kind, fo dto ^</ /o/> 
 Sight, fln^/ Hearing, and /if o.- 
 /A(fr Senfes, Mo/ no long- 
 er do ye diftinguifh old 
 Friends. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 This Fable denotes T&ofr, 
 Who raifed up on >&//& de- 
 fpife ancient FrienduSips. 
 
 FABLE CIII. 
 
 De Aquila ff Pica. 0/"the Eagle and the Magpie. 
 
 Pica interrogabat Aqui- 
 lam, ut acciperet 
 Ss inter fuos Familiares & 
 Domefticos ; qvand.o me- 
 reretur Id, cum Puhhritu- 
 dine Corporic, turn Volu- 
 bilitate Lingva ad peragen- 
 da Mandata. Cut 
 
 Aquila r e fp o n d i t , facer cm 
 Hoc, ni vererer, ne 
 cfferres cunfla 
 
 tua Loquacitatc, Quas 
 ^af intra fwfam Tegulam. 
 
 TH E Magpie <7/&v/the Ea- 
 gle, that She would receive 
 /fcr among her FamiliarvS and 
 Domeiticks ; feeing that She de- 
 ferved That, both Ly Beau- 
 ty of Body, and Volu- 
 bility of Tongue to *///- 
 patch Commands. To whom 
 the Eagle anfwered, I fhould do 
 This, unlefs I feared, left Thou 
 fhould (I bear abroad all Thir.g{ 
 by thy Talkativenefs, Which 
 nay be done within my Roof. 
 
 MOR. MOR. 
 
 Hsec Falula mon*t, Tin- This JaW<r advifes, /^/ tall- 
 
 guaces & garrulos Homines atlve and prating Meq 
 
 no habendos Domi. flrf <?/ /Q be had at Home. 
 
 FABLE 
 
SELECT FABLES OF JESOP. 
 FABLE CIV. 
 
 De Turdo ineunte Amici- 
 tiam cum Hirundine. 
 
 TUrd us gloriabatur, 
 
 Se contraxiffe 
 
 Amicitiam cum Hirundine ; 
 Cut Mater inquif, . Fili, 
 Suiltus, Ji credas, 
 Te pofle coniji-vere cum 
 Ea, cum Uterq; Veftrum 
 foleat appetere divcrfa Lo- 
 ca ; etenim Tu tklc3arit 
 frigidis Locis, Ilia tepidis. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Monemur 
 
 Jaciamus 
 
 kac Fabula, 
 
 tft Jaciamus Eos Arnicas 
 Nob is, Quorum Vita dif- 
 fcntit a nojira. 
 
 (?/"the Thrnfli entering into Friend- 
 fhip 'with the Swallow. 
 
 THE Thrufli 
 that He bad contra fled 
 a Friendflu'p -with the Swallow ; 
 To 'whom the Mother faid, Son, 
 Thou art a Fool, if Thou believe 
 that Thou att able to live with 
 Her, feeing that Each of you 
 is wont to defire different Pla- 
 ces ; for Thou art delighted 
 with cold Places, She lt>j/A warm, 
 
 MOR. 
 
 We are advifed <5y this Fable, 
 //W WIf </o not make Them Friend; 
 to Us, JVhofc Life <//*. 
 fcreth from owrj-. 
 
 FABLE CV ; 
 
 quod am Divite & 
 
 O/" a certain Rick Man and 
 his Servant, 
 
 ERat quidam Dives 
 habens Scrvum /ar^/t 
 Ingenii, Q^ern folebat 
 mitTcupare Regem Stuliorum : 
 IWe y<?/(? irritatus A/j 
 Verbis Jlatuit referre par 
 Hero ; etenim femcl con- 
 Ufrfus in Herum inquit, 
 Utinam effem Rex 
 
 Stultorum ; etenim nullum 
 Jmperium in toto Orbe 
 Tcrrarum ej/et Jatius 
 men ; 
 
 THere was a certain rich Man 
 having a Servant of a flow 
 Wit, Whom He vfed 
 
 to call the King of Fools : 
 He often irritated at thefe 
 Words refolded to return the likt 
 to his Mailer ; for once turn- 
 ed upon hit Majier he faid, 
 I wifh / was the King 
 of Fools ; for no 
 
 Empire in the whole G/0tf 
 of .Lands mould be wider 
 
72 SELECT FABLES OF JESOP. 
 
 tneo ; & Tit quoque fub- than nine ; and Thou alfo would/I 
 ejjes meo Imperlo. be under my Empire. 
 
 MOR. MOR. 
 
 Fabula indicat, Stultum The Fable /bows, that a Fool 
 fxpe loqui opportune. tften fpeaks pertinently. 
 
 FABLE CVI. 
 
 Be Urbanis CANIBUS in- 
 fequeti$>uj Villaticum. 
 
 COmplures vrbani Canes 
 infequebantur queudam 
 vlllaticum praecipiti Curfu ; 
 QJJOS I lie diu Jugit ; 
 ncc aufus fft repugnare : 
 At ubi converfus ad JKos 
 infequentes fub/litit, & Ipfe 
 quoque caplt oRendere 
 JDzntes, Omnts pariter 
 fubftltenint, nee Aliquis 
 Urlanorum audcbat appro- 
 ptnquare I11J. Tune Impe- 
 rator Exercitus, >ui forte 
 aderat ibl, converfut ad fuos 
 Milites, inquit, Commilito- 
 res, Hoc Speftaculum ad- 
 monet Nos, ne fugiamus, 
 cum videamus prtfentiora 
 Pericula imtnintre Nobis 
 fugifntilus, quam repug- 
 nantibus. 
 
 Of the City Docs purfu* 
 ing the Village One. 
 
 MANY City Dogs 
 purfued a certain 
 Village one with a haily Courfe ; 
 Whom He a long while jfeJ from ; 
 nor dared to refill : 
 
 2?/ when turned to Them 
 purfuing jfiTf flopped, and //if 
 alfo ^ao to fliow 
 
 his Teeth, They All equally 
 flopped, nor any One 
 of the City ones dared to ap- 
 proach Him. Then the General 
 of an Army, Who by Chance 
 was there, turned to h'n 
 Soldiers, faiJ, Fellow-Sol- 
 diers, This Sight ad- 
 monif]:es Us, that we do not fly, 
 when We fee more prefent 
 Dangers to threaten Us 
 than r * 
 
 jr. 
 
 FABLE 
 
SELECT FABLES OF JESOP. 
 FABLE CVIL 
 
 De 
 
 TESTUDJNE 
 RANI?. 
 
 r-pESTUDO confpicata 
 JL Ranas, Qu* pafceban- 
 tur in codem Stagno, adco 
 leves, agilefque, ut facile 
 projilirent quolibet, 5* 
 faltarent longij/imc, accufa- 
 bat Naturam, quod procre- 
 tiffet Sc tarditm Animal, 3" 
 impeditum max i mo One- 
 re, ut neque poflet 
 movers Se facile, & ajfidue 
 premertur magna Mols. 
 At, ubi' yidit Ranas fi- 
 eri F.fcam Anguillarum, 
 & obnoxias vel kvi/ftmo 
 Idlui, aliquantulum recrea- 
 ta dicebat, Quanto f/l 
 melius ftrre Onus, Quo 
 fum munita ad omnes Iftus, 
 quam fubire tot Difcrimina 
 Mortis ? 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Hxc Fabula indicat, 
 ne fcramus *gre 
 
 Dona Natura, Quae fepe 
 funt majori Commodo Nobis, 
 quam Nos valeamus intti- 
 
 O/ the TORTOISE OB^ 
 the FROGS. 
 
 TH E Tortoife having fecn 
 the Frogs, Which were 
 fed in the fame Poo/, fo 
 light, and nimble, /^df eafily 
 'They leaped any where, afi^/ 
 jumped very far, accu- 
 fed Nature, that She had 
 made Her a flow Animal, and 
 hindered with the greateft Bur- 
 den, that neither was She able 
 to mow Herfelf eafily, and daily 
 was preflcd 9"l a great Weight. 
 But, when She favv the Frogs be- 
 come the- Food of the Eels, 
 and obnoxious even /o the light ejl 
 Blow, a little comfort- 
 ed Jhe faid, By how much is it 
 better to bear a Burden, by Which 
 I am fortified to all Blows, 
 than to undergo fo many Dangers 
 of Death ? 
 
 MOR. 
 
 This Fable /hows. 
 
 that ivefhouldnot bear di [contentedly 
 the Gifts of Nature, Which o/^r, 
 are rt greater Advantage to [7s t 
 than We ma be able /a wider- 
 
 Jland. 
 
 FABLE 
 
74 SELECT FABLES OF 
 FABLE CVIII. 
 
 De GLIIUBUS volentibut 
 eruere >uercum. 
 
 GLires defllnaverant 
 
 eruere Qitertum, glan- 
 diferam Arborem, Dentf- 
 bus ; quo habe- 
 
 rent Cibvm paratiorem, ne 
 cogerentur toties 
 
 afcendcre Js* dtfcendtre 
 Gratia Viftus. StJ 
 
 Quidam ex His, Qtti longe 
 anteibat cseteros JEtate, & 
 Experientid Re rum, ab- 
 jitrruit Eos, dlcer,s, Si nunc 
 interfieimus nojlram Nu- 
 tricem, Quit praebebit Ali- 
 menta Nobis, ac Noftris 
 Annis futur'u ? 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Hasc Fabula monet, pru- 
 Jentem Virum debere intucrt 
 r.on modo prafcntla, verum 
 longe profpicere futura. 
 
 Of the DORMICE ivilli 
 to over-turn the Oak. 
 
 TH E Dormice had 
 to over- turn the Oak, an 
 Acorrr-bearing Tree, with their 
 Teeth ; that they 
 
 mighc have Food readier, that 
 They might not be forced fo often 
 to afcend and defcend 
 for the Sake of Food. But 
 One of Thefe, Who by far 
 excelled the reft in Age t and 
 Experience of Things, deter- 
 red Them, faying, If now 
 We deftroy Our Nou- 
 riflier, Who will afford Nou- 
 rl/hments to Us, and Ourt 
 for future Te&rt ? 
 
 MOR. 
 
 This Fable advifes, that a pru- 
 dent Mau ought to look into 
 not only prefent Things, but 
 afar of to forefee the future . 
 
 FABLE CIX. 
 
 De CANE & HERO. Of the DOG and the MASTER. 
 
 Q 
 
 Uidam habens Canem, 
 quo diligeretur 
 
 7//o~magis, femper pafcebat 
 Eum fuis Manlbus, & 
 folvelat ligatum ; auiem ju- 
 bebat ligari & verberari 
 a. ServO) ut Beneficia 
 vidcrcntur 
 
 A Certain Man having a Dog, 
 fAfl/ He ftiould be beloved 
 ^y /f/m more, alwayt fed 
 /rVm with his own Hands t and 
 /oo/f^/ Him bound ; a/ or- 
 dered Him to be bound and beat 
 by a Servant, that /* Benefits 
 fhould 
 
SELECT FABLES OF ^ESOP. 75 
 
 fhould feem to le conferred upon 
 Him by Himfelf, but the ill 
 Turns by the Servant. But 
 the Dog bearing unkindly, that He 
 daily was bound, and beat, 
 Jled away ; and, when He was 
 blamed by the Mafter, as un- 
 grateful, and unmindful of fo great 
 Benefits, Who bad Jled 
 from Him) by Whom He had been 
 always beloved, and fed, 
 but never bound, and 
 beaten, He anfwcred, / //>/'/// 
 That done by 77**, Which 
 a Servant doth by thy Command. 
 
 viderentur effe collata in 
 Ilium a Se, awtem Male- 
 fa<5la a Servo. Autem 
 Cants ferens #gre, Se 
 ajjidue ligari, & verbeiari, 
 aufugit ; &, cum increpa- 
 retur a Domino, ut ingra- 
 tus, *f immemor tantorum 
 Beneficiorum, Qui fugijfct 
 a .SV, a $>uo fuifjtt 
 femper dileftus, f? paftus, 
 autem nunquam ligatus, & 
 verberatus, refpondit, Pw/o 
 Id Fadum a TV, Q^iod 
 Servusjacit tuo 
 
 Fabula" hufieat, Eos 
 
 kabendo's Malefa&ores, 
 Qui fuere Caufa Maleficio- 
 rum. 
 
 MOR. 
 The Fable /bows, that Thofe 
 are to be accounted Evil Doers, 
 Who have been the Caufe of evil 
 Deeds. 
 
 FAB 
 
 L E CX. 
 
 De AVIBUS timentibus 
 Scarabseos. 
 
 0/"the BIRDS fearing 
 the Beetles. 
 
 M Agnus Timor incef- 
 ferat Aves, ne 
 Scarabaet occiderent Eas 
 Bal'tftd, a Qiillius audive- 
 rant magnam Vim P/7- 
 rm ftiiflc fabric at am in 
 Stei'qitilinio fammo Labore. 
 Turn P^r inqtiit, AW/'- 
 /^ expavefcere ; eten'im 
 quomodo potuerunt jacere 
 Pi/as volantcs per Ae'ra ?n 
 Nos, CKWJ vix trahant 
 Eas ^r Terram magno 
 Molimine ? 
 
 L 
 
 A Great Fear had fti'z- 
 ed the Birds, left 
 the Beetles fhould kill Them 
 w/V/& a Crofs-Botu, by ^/&om They 
 had heard a great Power of Bul- 
 lets had been forged on 
 a Dunghill with, very great Labour. 
 Then //&<? Sparrow fa id, ^ o/ w/7- 
 //^ to fear ; for 
 
 how y^<3// /^j ^ able to caft 
 Bullets flying thro* the Air M/OK 
 Us, ivhen fcarce they can dratu 
 Them on the Ground with great 
 Labour ? 
 
76 SELECT FABLES OF 1ESO?. 
 
 MOR. MOR. 
 
 "HxcFaluIa zdmouctNos, This Fable admonifiies Ut, 
 
 re cxtimefcamus Opes that We fear not the Rlchet 
 
 Hoftium, Quibus videmus of Enemies, to Whom We fee that 
 
 Ingenlum deeffe. Wit is wanting. 
 
 FABLE CXI. 
 
 JDe URSO & APIBUS. 
 
 URSUS ifftu ab Ape 
 eft percitus tanfa 
 Ira, ut difcerperet toia 
 Alvearia Unguilus, in 
 Quibus Apes mellif.ca'ucrant. 
 Tune univerfe Apes, cum 
 viderent fvas Domos 
 dirui, Cibaria 
 
 auferrt, Filios necari, 
 fubito Impttu invadentes 
 Urfum, pene r.ecavere 
 Aculeis ; $>ui vix 
 
 elapfus ex Manibus 
 
 Eorum, dictbat Secum, 
 Quanta erat melius tolerare 
 Acultum unius Apis t quam 
 concitare tot Hoftet in 
 Me mea Iracundia ? 
 
 MOR. MOR. 
 
 Haec Tabula indicat fj/e This Fable (hows /* /0 ^ 
 
 longe mf///)j fuftincre /a- far &??/ to fuflain the In- 
 
 juriam Unius, quam, dura jury of One, /^a, whilft 
 
 volumus punire Unum, We are <wWing to punifh One, 
 
 compararc mvltos Inimlcos. to g many Enemies. 
 
 0/the BEAR an^/ the BEES. 
 
 A BEAR being Jlung by a Bee 
 was ftirred tuith fo great 
 Anger, that He tore all 
 the Hives with his Paws, in 
 Which the Bees ta*/ ma*/<? Honey. 
 Then a// the Bees, <whcn 
 they faw A&'r Houfe* 
 overturned, their Maintenances 
 /a^n away, their Young iilleJ, 
 with a {udden 0/^f attacking 
 /^ ^r, almoft killed Him 
 with their Stings ; Who fcarcc 
 having Jlipt out of /<? Hands 
 of Them, /W with Himfelf, 
 By how much was /V better to bear 
 ff i'/y/jy of one ee, than 
 /o raife up fo many Enemies againft 
 Me by my 
 
 TABLE 
 
SELECT FABLES OF &SOP. 
 FABLE CXII. 
 
 77 
 
 2)i MILTTE & duobus 
 Ec^uis. 
 
 Miles halem optimum 
 Equum, emit /ilium 
 nequicquam parent Illi Bo- 
 nit ate , Quern nutrielat 
 multo diligentiuj ', quarn 
 friorem. Turn Pojlerior ait 
 Jic priori, Cur 
 
 Dominus curat Me impen- 
 Jius, quam Te ; cum 
 Jim comparandus Tibi 
 neque Pulchritudine, neq; 
 Robore, neque Velocitate ? 
 Cui -Hie inquit, H<sc eft 
 Natura "Hominum, ut fint 
 femper benigniores in novos 
 Hofpltes. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Hsec Fabula indicat 
 Ament'iam Hominum, >ui 
 folent anteponere nova 
 veteribtis, etiamfi Jint 
 deteriora. 
 
 Of the SOLDIER and the t\vo 
 HORSES. 
 
 A Soldier having a very good 
 Horfe, bought Another 
 not at all equal to Him in Goocf- 
 nefs, Whom He nourt/hed 
 much more diligently, than 
 the former. Then the Latter faid 
 thus to the former, Why 
 does my-Maftcr mind Me more di- 
 ligently, than Thee ; feeing that 
 / am to be compared to Thee 
 neither in Beauty, nor 
 Strength, nor Swiftnefs ? 
 
 To Whom He faid, This is 
 the Nature of Men, that they are 
 always more kind to new 
 Cue/Is. 
 
 This 
 
 MOR. 
 Fable 
 
 fliows 
 
 of Men, Who 
 are wont /o prefer new Things 
 fo o/n/, altho* they are 
 worfe. 
 
 FABLE CXIII. 
 
 ' De Aucupe Cff Fringilla. 0/"the Fowler a</ the Chaffinch. 
 
 AUCEPS tetenderat 
 
 Rctia Volucribus, & 
 tffuderat largam Efcam 
 Illis / Area ; /amw 
 non capiebat Aves pafcen- 
 tcs j quia vidcbantur pauc<e 
 Sibi ; 
 
 THE Fowler had Jlr etched out 
 his Nets to the Birds, and 
 a</ poured out much Food 
 to Them in a void Place ; yet 
 He did not take the Birds feed- 
 ing ; bscaufe they feemed /V<zy 
 to Him ; 
 
78 SELECT FABLES OF JESOP. 
 
 Sibi ; Quibus pa ft is, 
 ac a volant ibus, Alia 
 adyeniunt pnjlum ; .Qas 
 quoq; ntglejcit capere propter 
 Paucitatem. Hoc Or dine 
 fervato per totum J)iem, 
 acAiiis advcnientibus, All'is 
 abeuntibus, lilo femper ex- 
 peEiante rr.ajorem Predam, 
 tandem capit acivefpe- 
 rafcere : Tune Auctps, 
 Spe amifia caplcndi mul- 
 tas, cum jam effet Tempns 
 guie/andf, attrahens fiui 
 Rctia, cspit tantiim ut.am 
 Fringillam, qua infclix Avis 
 reroanferat in Area. 
 
 to Him ; Which being fed, 
 and flying away, Others 
 come to feed; Which 
 aifo He neglected to take for 
 their Fetvnefs. This Ot\.er 
 being kept thro 1 the whole Day, 
 and Others coming, Gihtrs 
 going away, fie always ex- 
 peBltig a greater Prey t 
 at length // began to grow 
 Evening : Then the Fowler, 
 the Hope being loll of taking ma- 
 ny, when now it was Time ' 
 of rejling, drawing yp his 
 Nets, took only one 
 
 Chaffinch, fvluci unhappy Bird 
 had remained in the void Place. 
 
 MOR. .MoR. 
 
 Hoec Fabula indicat, Eos This Fable (hows, that they 
 
 faspe i)ix pofle eapere often fcarce are able /o to^ 
 
 pauca, hii volunt a few Things, Wh? are \villing 
 
 comprehendere omnia. to take all Things. 
 
 FABLE CXIV. 
 
 De SUE 6f CANE. 
 
 SUS irr'uhlat odori- 
 fcquum Canem t Qui 
 aJulal'dtur Domino Mur- 
 mure ?<. Cauda, a ^/o 
 f uerat inftmSus ad oucnpa- 
 roriam Artem mu'iis 
 
 Verberibm & Vcllicatrcnil-us 
 Annum: Cui Canis' inquit, 
 In fane, nefcis 
 
 Qnse fnm confecutus ex 
 ill is Verberibus ; ctenirn per 
 Jta vefcor fuaviftma 
 Caroc 
 
 Of the SWINE and the DOG. 
 
 THE SwiSc laughed at the 
 Scent-following Dog, Who 
 flattered the Mafter w;VA a Mur- 
 mur and A/'J Tot/i by Wham 
 He had been injlrucled for thefo-w~ 
 ling Art wf wfl)' 
 
 Stripes and Plucks of the 
 Ears : To w/om the Dog /a/W, 
 Mad Wretch, T"^ knoweji not 
 What / Z'a'Uf obtained from 
 thofe Siripes ; for y 
 
 I am fed iv : ,th the woftfweet 
 Flefh 
 
SELECT FABLES OF &SOP. 
 
 Partridges 
 
 Came Perdicum 
 
 Cotttrnicum. 
 
 & Flefli cf 
 Quails. 
 
 79 
 
 and 
 
 Hfcc 
 
 ne feramus ini- 
 
 quo Animo Verier a Prat- 
 ceptorum, Qua confue- 
 verunt effe Caufa mu/torvm 
 bonorum. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 This Fable admoniflie* Us, 
 that We fhould not bear <witb an 
 impatient Mind the Stripts of Ma- 
 fters, Which have 
 
 ufcd to le the Caufe of many 
 good Things. 
 
 FABLE CXV. 
 
 De 
 
 TRABE increpante Pi- 
 griiiara Bourn. 
 
 TRabs, Que veheba- 
 tur Curru, increpabat 
 Boves, ut Itntulos, dicens, 
 Pigri, curritt, nam portatis 
 le<vc Onus : Ctii 
 
 Boves refponderunt, Irri- 
 des Nos ? Ignoras, 
 
 (ju Pee n a manet Te. 
 Nos deponemus hoc Onus 
 cito : autem turn Tu coge- 
 ris fultinere, quoad rum- 
 paris. Trabs indoluit, 
 nee aufa eft amplias la- 
 rejjere Boves Conviciis, 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Hasc Fabula mo net 
 Quemlibet, ne infultet 
 Calami tatibus Aliorum, 
 
 cum Ipfe poj/it ftibjici 
 majorilus. 
 
 Of ihe BEAM blaming the Slow- 
 nefs of the Oxen. 
 
 THE Beam, which was car- 
 ried in a Waggon, blamed 
 the Oxen, as Jloju, faying, 
 Tejloiu Wretches, run, for ye carry 
 a light Burden ; To whom 
 the Oxen anfwereJ, Doll Thou 
 laugh at Us ? Then knoweft not, 
 what Punifiiment waits Thee. 
 We (hsll lay down this Burden 
 quickly : but then Thou /halt It 
 forced to bear, until thou maycft 
 be broken. The Beam grieved. 
 nor dared longer to pro- 
 voke the Oxen with Revilings. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 This Fable advifeth 
 
 any One, that He in full not 
 the Calamities of Others, 
 whin He Himfclf may be fubjeft 
 to greater. 
 
 FABLE 
 
8o SELECT FABLES OF JESOP. 
 FABLE CXVI. 
 
 De CARDUELE 3* 
 
 PUERO. 
 
 CArduclis interrogata a 
 Puero, a Quo fue- 
 rat haliita fuis Deliciis, 
 & nutrita fuavibus Cibis, 
 cur egreffa Cavea 
 
 0//<r/ regredi, inqutt, 
 Ut />^m pa fee re meo 
 Arbitratu, non tuo. 
 
 Mo*. 
 
 Of the LINNET arf 
 the BOY. 
 
 THE Linnet being qfled by 
 the Boy, by tf'Aorc She had 
 been held in his Delights, 
 and nouri/hed with fweet Meats, 
 why having gone out of the Cage 
 Sita <zu< un-willing to return, ya// 
 That /may ^ aWf to feed at my 
 Pleafure, not at thine. 
 
 If OK. 
 
 This Fallc fhows, 
 
 Haec Falula indicat, Li 
 
 lertaiem Vitse antepor.endam berty of Life 
 cunSis Deliciu. before all De/igbts. 
 
 preferred 
 
 FABLE CXVII. 
 
 Scurra 5* Epifcopo. Of the Jefter an^/ the Bifiiop. 
 
 SCurra accedens ad quen- 
 dam Epifcopum, divitem 
 quidem, fed avarum, Ca- 
 lendis Januarii, petebat au- 
 reum Nvmtfma Nomine 
 Strent ; Antiftcs 
 
 tiixit, Homfnetn infanirt, 
 .Qui crederet, tantam Pecu- 
 niam dari S:bi in 
 Strenam. Turn Scurra 
 ccepit efflagitare argenteum 
 Nummum ; fed, cum I lie 
 eficertt. Hoc vii/eri nimium 
 JiW, orabat, at trade- 
 ret 5/3; asreurn Quadran* 
 tern : Sed cum non poffct 
 
 AJeftcr coming to r- 
 /am Bifhop, /vVi 
 
 indeed, ^w/ covetous, on the Ca- 
 lends of January, afked a Gol- 
 den Piece of Money in the Name 
 ofaNew-rear'sGift: The Prelate 
 faid t that the Man was mad, 
 Who believed, that fo much ^l/o- 
 ,^y would be given Him for 
 a New-Tear* sGift. Then the Jejle? 
 began /o ajk fome Silver 
 Money ; but, w/>d> He 
 yiu/, that This ftemed too much 
 /o Htm, He entreated, /a/ He 
 would give Him a brafs Far- 
 thing But wim he was not able 
 
SELECT FABLES OF JESOP. 81 
 
 txtorquere Hunc ab Epifco- 
 po, inqutt, reverende Pater , 
 imperti Me tua Benediflione 
 pro Sir end : Tune 
 
 Epifcopus inquit, Fill, flt&e 
 tua Genua, ut benedicam Tibi. 
 At Scurra inquit, Ego nolo 
 tuam tarn vi/ein Bcnedi&i- 
 onera ; etenim ii valeret 
 sereum Nummum, profe&6 
 nunquam concederes Earn 
 Mihi. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Haec Fabula eft confeda 
 contra eos Epifcopos 5* 
 Sacerdotes, Qua ejlimant 
 Opes 5" Divitias //ra 
 quam Sacra, & Myjleria 
 Ecclefis. 
 
 /o wring This _/rowz the Bi- 
 (hop, A* yJV/, reverend Father^ 
 reward Me with your Bleffing 
 for d New- Tear's Gift : Then 
 the fit/hop faid, 5o, bend 
 thy Knees, that / may blefs Thee. 
 But the Jefler faid, / will not 
 have thy fo cheap Blef- 
 fing ; Jfr if /'/ availed 
 a brafs Farthing, truly 
 t;<?r wouldft Thou grant /f 
 to Me. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 This Fable is made 
 againft thofe Bifhops and 
 Priefts, Who efleem 
 
 Wealth and Riches more 
 than the facred Rites, and Myjleries 
 of the Church. 
 
 FABLE CXVIII. 
 
 De Upupa honorata in- 
 digne. 
 
 FEre omnes Aves invi- 
 tat* ad Nuptias Aqui- 
 las ferebant indigne, Upupam 
 prxferri cateris, quia 
 fjjet infiguis Corona, & 
 ornata Terficoloribus 
 
 Pennis ; cum femper cflet 
 folita volitare inter Stercora 
 fc? Sordes. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Fabula ^rguit 
 
 Of the Puet honoured un- 
 worthily. 
 
 ALmoft <z//the Birds ^//TJ- ;w- 
 Wto /^ Wedding of the Ea- 
 gle ^ore ;V unworthily, Ma/ //&* Part 
 was preferred to the reft, becaufe 
 Jhe was fine with a Crown, and 
 adorned with various coloured 
 Feathers ; when always She was 
 to neille OWCB? the Mud 
 Filth. 
 
 MOR. 
 reproves 
 
 This 
 
 Eorum, ^t// in ho- ly of Them, /fofo in honour- 
 norandit Homimbus fotius ing Men rather 
 
SELECT FABLES OF 1ESOP. 
 
 fbleant obfervare Nitorcm 
 Vcflium, & Prtftantiam 
 Formae, quam Virtutes 
 fcf Mores. 
 
 arc wont to mind the Splendour 
 
 ef Cloaths, and Excellency 
 
 of Beauty, than Virtues 
 and Morals. 
 
 FABLE CXIX. 
 
 De SACERDOTE fc? 
 PYRIS. 
 
 QUidam gulofus Sacerdos 
 proficlfcent extra Patri- 
 <im ad Nuptias, ad >uas 
 fucrat invitatus, reperit 
 jtceroum Pyrorum in 
 Itincre, Quorum attigit 
 tie Unum quidem ; quin po- 
 tius habcns Ea Ludibrio, 
 confperfit Urina ; etenlm 
 indiguabatnr, Ciboi hujuf- 
 modi offer ri in It in ere, 
 Qui accej/ebat ad lautas 
 Epulas. Sed cum offendlffet 
 in Itinere quendam 
 
 Tor rent em it a auSum 
 Imbribus, ut non pof- 
 fet tr an/ire Eum fine 
 Pcriculo Vit<e, conftitin't 
 redire Domum ; Autem re- 
 vert rnt jcjunnsy// opprefTus 
 tantd Fame, ut nifi 
 cotnediflct ilia Pyra, >u<e 
 confpcrfcrat Urina, ciim 
 non invtniret Aliud, 
 fuiffet extinftus Fame. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Haec Fabula admonet, 
 
 Nihil efle contemnendum, 
 
 ciim JV/^iV fit tarn vile lf 
 
 ab- 
 
 the PRIEST 
 the PEARS. 
 
 and 
 
 A Certain greedy Pried 
 going out of his Coun- 
 try to a Wedding, to #7>zV 
 He had been invited, found 
 a Heap of Peats in 
 the Road, of Which He touched 
 not One indeed ; but ra- 
 M<rr having 77v/n in Derifion, 
 He fprinkled them with Urfne ; for 
 He rcfented, /^a/ Meats of this 
 K.indjlou/d le offered in the Journey, 
 Who waj .gw'nf to fumptuous 
 Dainties, ^w/ when He had found 
 in //6<? Way a certain 
 Break fo increafed 
 
 with the Showers, //><7/ He was 
 not able /o pafs over It without 
 Danger of Life, He refolved 
 to return Home : But - 
 turning fading He 'was opprefled 
 with fo great Hunger, that unlefs 
 He had eat thofe Pears, Which 
 He had fprinklcd witl>l7ritu t wbcn 
 He could not find any Thing elfe, 
 He had leen dead mitt Hunger. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 This 'Fable advifc?, 
 
 that Nothing is to be defpifed, 
 
 feeing that Nothing i*fo vile anaf 
 
 ab- 
 
SELECT FABLES OF MSOP. 
 
 abje&um, Quod non 
 aliquando efle Ufui. 
 
 abjcft, Which 
 fometime be of Ufi. 
 
 may 
 
 FABLE CXX. 
 
 Ds Porco 
 
 Equo. 
 
 Of the Hog and the Horfe. 
 
 POrcus confpiciens Equum 
 Belldtoris, Qiii ta/a- 
 
 THE HogleboMng the Horfe 
 of a fflarriour, Who arm- 
 
 phradus prodibat ad Pug- 
 
 ed went in Bat- 
 
 nam, inquit, Stulte, Qo 
 
 tle, [aid, Fool, Whither 
 
 properas ? etenlm fortaffe 
 
 doil Thou haften ? /or perhaps 
 
 morieris in Pugnd. 
 
 TJ6o wilt die in /<> Fight. 
 
 Cui Equus refpondlt, 
 
 To whom /^e ^cr/f anfvvered, 
 
 Cullellus adimct ^//aw Tibi, 
 
 A Knife will take Z$ from Thee, 
 
 impinguato inter Lutum & 
 
 fattened amortgll Mud and. 
 
 Sordes, cum S s J)' er ' ts 
 
 Filth, when 7"/6oz/ ySf/// /6ai;^ done 
 
 Nihil dignura Laude ; vero 
 
 Nothing worthy of Praife ; but 
 
 Gloria comitabitur /wflw 
 
 Glory fhall accompany my 
 
 Mortem. 
 
 Death. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Ha:c Faoula innnit, efje 
 
 This Fable hints, that it is 
 
 honeftius occumbere^ Rebus 
 
 more honeft to die, Things 
 
 geftis praeclare, guanf 
 
 being carried famoufly, than 
 
 protrahere Vltam adtana 
 
 to protrafl a Life fpent 
 
 turpiter. 
 
 bafely, 
 
 FABLE CXXI. 
 
 tie Coriario emcnte Pellem Of the Tanner buying the Skin 
 Urji nondum capti a of a Bear not yet taken by 
 Venatore. the Huntjman. 
 
 COriarius acceJens ad r T^ H E Tanner coming to 
 
 fanatortm emit Pel/em JL the Hunter bought the Skin 
 
 Urfi ab Eo, & protulit of a Bear of Him, <W proffered 
 
 Pscuniam pi o ". Ille dixit t Money QI //, He fatd* 
 
 Sibi that 
 
 M 
 
8 4 SELECT FABLES OF 
 
 Sibi ncn effe Pellem Urfi 
 in Prafentia / cseterum po- 
 
 Jlridi: profe&urum 
 
 vfnatam, &, Urfo interfec- 
 to, polticetur, Se daturum 
 Pellem Illius El. Coriari- 
 us profeSus in Sylvan, 
 afcendit ahiffimam 
 
 Aiborem, ut Jnde profptce- 
 ret Certamen Urfi 
 
 & Venatorlf. Venator 
 intrepldus profe&us ad 
 Arftrura, vbi Urfus /atelmt, 
 Canibus immiflis, compulit 
 Ilium exirc, ^w, Iftu 
 Penatorit e'vitato, pro- 
 
 Jiravit Eum Humi. Tune 
 Senator fciens, hanc Feram 
 non fevire in Cadavera, fuo 
 Anhelitu retento, fimulabat 
 5^ mortuum. Urfus olfa- 
 cicns, cum dcprehcnderet 
 Ilium, nee fpirantem Nafo, 
 nee Ore, abfcejjit. Coria- 
 rius, cum perfpiceret Feram 
 abefle, ac ad e fie 
 
 Nihil amplius Psrtculi t 
 deducens Se ex 
 
 Arlorti & accedtns ad Ve- 
 natorem^ Qui audebat non- 
 dum/urgere, tnonebat I/tum, 
 ut fvrgeret : deinde 
 interrogavit, Quid Urfus 
 cfTet locutus Ei ad Aurem. 
 Cui Venator inquit, Mo- 
 nuit Me, ne vellem 
 deinceps venders Pellem 
 Ur/i, nJH priut cepe- 
 rim Eum. 
 
 that He had not the Skin of a Biar 
 at prtfent ; but the Day 
 after He fhould go 
 
 to hunt, and, the Bear being kill- 
 ed, He promifes, that He would givs 
 the SL'm of k /o #H. The Tan- 
 ner having gone into /<^ Wood, 
 afcends a w;y high 
 
 Tree, //W thence ^i? might i>e- 
 hold the Engagement cf the Bear 
 and ftk Hunter. The Hunter 
 unajfrigkted having gone / 
 the Cave, where the Bear /aj A/V, 
 the Dogs being fent in, forced 
 Him to go out, Who t the Blow 
 of the Hunter being avoided, 
 beat Him on the Ground. Then 
 the Hunter knowing,/^/ this Bead 
 did not rage on CarcafTes, his 
 Breath being held, feigned 
 Himfelf dead. The Bear fmell- 
 ing, when he held 
 
 Him t neither breathing at the Nofe, 
 nor Mouth, went away. The Tan- 
 ner, when He perceived the Beajl 
 to be gone, and that there was 
 Nothing more o/" Danger, 
 letting down Himfelf out of 
 /e Tree, and OT;- to /* Hun- 
 ter, Who ^arr// not 
 yet to arife, advifed Him, 
 that He fbould arife : then 
 He ajkedy What //^ Bear 
 had fpoke /<? ^'m in his Ear. 
 To whom the Hunter faid, /? 
 warnedMc,tbat Ifiouldnot be will- 
 ing hereafter to fell the Skin 
 of a Bear, unlefs I frjl (hall have 
 taken /T/m. 
 
 MOR. 
 
SELECT FABLES OF ^KSOP. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Hxc Fabula iadicat, in- 
 ctrta non habea- 
 
 da pro certis. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 This Falle fhows, thfit uncer- 
 tain Things are not to be account- 
 ed for certain. 
 
 FABLE CXXII. 
 
 ita >' Milite. Of the Hermit and the Soldier. 
 
 A Certain Hermit, a Man 
 o/ mo/? ^ Life, 
 ad'ctfed a Soldier, /^a/ fe- 
 culrar Warfare being left, W^/V/> 
 Few exercife without Of- 
 fence of God, and Hazard 
 of Life, at length, be would give 
 Hirafclf to Quiet of Body, and 
 would confult for Safety of Soul. 
 To Whom the Soldieryij/W, Father, 
 / quill do what Ton advife ; for 
 it is true, tkat at this Tims 
 Soldiers neither dare to afk 
 Pay, o///jo' it be fmail t 
 nor to plunder. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 This Fable (hows, 
 
 ^<# Many renounce Vices^ 
 becaufe They are not able to ex- 
 ercife Them longer. 
 
 QUidam Eremita, Vir 
 fancTi/fima Vitae, 
 
 bortalatur Militem, / fe- 
 culari Militia relida, Quam 
 Pauci exerccnt abfque Of- 
 fenfa Dei, s* Difcrimine 
 ^irV, tandem traderet 
 Se j^//Vrt" Corport&, sf 
 confuleret Salutl Animre. 
 Car Miles inquit, Pater, 
 faciam quod wanes ; nam 
 */? verum, yworf hoc Temper e 
 Milites neque audent exigcre 
 Stipendia, licet fint cxigua t 
 neque pradari. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Fabula indicat, 
 renunciare fit Us t 
 
 Hsec 
 Multos 
 
 quia ///*' non poffunt 
 ercere Ilia amplius. 
 
 FABLE 
 
86 SELECT FABLES OF JESOP. 
 FABLE CXXIII. 
 
 De Viro & Uxorc 
 
 QUid am Fir, fua Uxorc 
 defun&a, Quam valde 
 dilexerat, duxit Aheram, & 
 Ipfam Viduam ; Qu<e afli- 
 diie oljiciebat Ei V'trtule: & 
 fort'ia Facinora prioris Ma- 
 riti : Cut, ut r/>r- 
 fet Par, Ipfe quoqut refe- 
 rebat probatiffimos Mores, 
 fe 9 infigrrem Pud'icitlam de- 
 funclx Uxoris. Autem quo- 
 dam Die, i>a/a fuo 
 Fire, dedit Partem Capo- 
 nis, Quern coxerat 
 Ccenam Utrifq; Pauperi 
 petenti Eleemofynam, dicetis, 
 Do Hoc Tibi ro Anima 
 w prioris Viri ; Qpod 
 Marititf audiens, Paupere 
 accerfito ab Eo, dedit 
 reliquum Caponis li't, 
 dicens, Et Ego quoque do 
 Hoc Tibi pro Anima met 
 defun6tas Uxoris. Sic ////', 
 dum dlter ctipit nocere 
 Alteri, tandem non habu- 
 crunt S>uod coenarent. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Knee Falida monet, non 
 effe pugnandum contra Eos 
 hii pofTunt oindicare 
 Se o//W. 
 
 Of the Man and Wife 
 married. 
 
 ^ Certain jffdn, his Wife 
 beingdcad,^AoH/2^vcry much 
 had loved, married dnotler t and 
 # f r a Widow ; Who dai- 
 ly oljeSed to Him /^ Virtuet and 
 -valiant Deeds c/"^r former Huf- 
 band : To Wham, that ^ ^ 
 return- the Like, He o^o relat- 
 ed / ^ approved Morals, 
 and remarkable Modejly of his 
 dead Wife. But on a cer- 
 tain Day, f//; angry 'with her 
 Hnfoand, She gave /\ir/ of a Ca- 
 pon, Which fhe had cooked for 
 the Supper of Each < to a poor Man 
 nfklng an Alms, foying t 
 I give y/^/V to Thee _/br the Soul 
 c//" my former Hujland ; W r hich 
 /.-' Hujland heaving , the poor Alan 
 being called ^y Him, gave 
 //j/? r/Jj of the Capon /o ^/'w, 
 faying, -^^ I alfo give 
 TAw to Thee for the Soul c/" my 
 departed Wife. Thus r%, 
 \vhilft One defires to hurt 
 the other, at length had 
 not What They might fup on. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 This Fable advifcfi, that it is 
 net to be fought agatnjl Thofe 
 Who are able to revenge 
 Themfelves very well. 
 
 FABLE 
 
SELECT FABLES OF JESOP. S~ 
 FABLE CXXIV. 
 
 De LEONE &? MURE. Of the LION and the MOUSE, 
 
 LE O, captus Laqueo la 
 Sylva, cum vidcret 
 Se ita ir ret it urn, nt 
 r.on. pojjet explicare 
 
 S? inde, ragavit Murem, 
 ut, Laqueo abrofo 
 
 ab Eo, liberarct Eum, 
 promittens, Se non futurum 
 immemorem tanti Benefic'ii ; 
 Qjjod cum Mus ffctffet 
 prompte, rogavit Leonem, 
 vf traderet FHiatn 
 
 Sibi in Uxorem : Leo 
 non abnuit, ut faceret 
 Rent gratam fuc BencfaAorf. 
 intern nova nupta veniena 
 ad Virum, cum non 
 videret Eum, Cafu prejfit 
 Ilium fuo Pede, fe* contri- 
 vit. 
 
 Moa. 
 
 Hsec Falula indicat, Ma- 
 trimonia & cetera Confor- 
 tia improbanda, Q^^e 
 ctntrahunlur ab Imbaribus. 
 
 THE Liovjaten in a Snare / 
 the Wood, Wjfn He faw 
 Himfclf fo entangled, that 
 7/<? ct</j ' 0f o3/^ to extricate 
 Himftif thence, afked \.\\e Moufe, 
 /^a/, the Snare being gnawed 
 by /^/m, He would free Him t 
 promifing, tint He would not be 
 unmindful of fo great a Benefit ; 
 Which <wlen the Moufe had done 
 readily, Hi a/ked the Lion, 
 that He would give bis Daughter 
 to Him to Wife : The Lion 
 refufed not, that He might do 
 a Thing grateful to his Benefactor. 
 But the new married Lady coming 
 to the Hufband, -when She did not 
 fee Him, by Chance prfffcd, 
 Him with Her Foot, and trod 
 him to Pieces. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 This 
 
 Fable (hows, that Mar- 
 riages and other Fellow - 
 (hips are to le. condemned, Which 
 are contraQed by Unequals. 
 
 FABLE CXXV. 
 
 De ULMO & SILERE. Of the ELM and the OSIER. 
 
 ULmu 
 Flu 
 
 Lmus, nata in Ripd 
 uminis, irridel^t 
 Siler proximum Sibi, 
 Ut {Jebile & infirrjnum, 
 quod 
 
 THE Elm, born on the Bank 
 of a River, laughed at 
 
 the 
 
 Oder 
 weak 
 
 next to Him, 
 and infirm, 
 becavfe 
 
SELECT FABLES OF 
 
 quod fle&eretur J omnem 
 vel leviffimutn Impetum 
 Undarum ; autem extolle- 
 bat juam Firmitatetn S3 5 
 Robur magntficis Verbis ; 
 guod Jnconcuffa pertulerat 
 affiduos Impetus Amnis 
 multos A n n os, Autem 
 Ulmus tandem perfrafta 
 maxima Violent ia Unda- 
 rum, trahebatur ab 
 
 Aquis : Cut Siler 
 
 ridcns, Jnquit, Vicina, Cur 
 deferis Me ? Ub't nunc 
 eft tua Fortitude ? 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Fabula Indicat Eos effe 
 fapientiores, >ul ccdunt 
 potentioribus, quam *j>ul 
 volentes rejiftere fuperau- 
 tur turpitcr. 
 
 becaufe it would be bent at every 
 even the lighted Force 
 of the Waters ; but She extol- 
 led her own Stcadinefs and 
 StrengthTOz/A magnificent Words ; 
 becanfe unfhook Jhe. had bore 
 the daily Attach of the River 
 many Years. But 
 
 the Elm at laft being broken 
 by the very great Violence of the 
 Waters, was drawn along by 
 the Waters : To 'which the Ofier 
 laughing, faid, Neighbour, Why 
 doft tiou forfake Me ? Where now 
 is thy Fortitude ? 
 
 MOR. 
 
 The Fable./fouY/^ Thofe to be 
 more wife, /Wo yield 
 to the more powerful, \hzn They Who 
 .willing to rejift are over- 
 come bafcly. 
 
 FABLE CXXVI. 
 
 JDe Cera appetente 
 Duritiem. 
 
 CEra ingemifcelat, Se effe 
 moflem, & procreatam 
 penetrabilem cuicunquc le- 
 viflimo /5;. Autem widens 
 Lateres faclos ex Luio, 
 molliores multo, Se perve- 
 nifle in tantam Duritiem 
 Calore Ignis, ui per- 
 durarent m/ra Secula, jecit 
 Se / Ignem, ut confeque- 
 retur eandem Duritiem ; fed 
 ftatim liquefaffa in Igne 
 fft confumpta. 
 
 Of 
 
 the Wax dejlring 
 Haidnefs. 
 
 THE Wax grieved, \h*t It was 
 foft t and ma</ 
 
 penetrable to every the lighted 
 Blow. But 
 
 the Bricks madt of 
 fofter ^y much, that they 
 ram^ to fo great Hardnefs 
 by the Heat of the Fire, that They 
 laftcd many Ages, // f*/? 
 itfelf into the Fire, /ta/ it might 
 obtain the fame Hardnefs ; but 
 prcfe ntly being melted in the Fire 
 it was confumed. MOR. 
 
SELECT FABLES OF JESOP. 89 
 
 MOR. MOR. 
 
 Hcec Fabula aditionet, 
 ne appetarxut, Quod 
 
 ejl denegatum Nob'ts a Na- 
 turd. 
 
 This Fable advifes, 
 
 that nut dejire not, What 
 
 is denied Us . by Na- 
 ture. 
 
 FABLE CXXVII. 
 
 Agricola affeSante Of the 
 
 Milltiam, 
 &f Mercaturam. 
 
 Hufbandman 
 
 Warfare, 
 and Merchandife. 
 
 offering 
 
 QUidtmdgricola fcrebat 
 <sgre, SeaJJidue volvere 
 Terr am, nee fervenire ad 
 magnas Divitias fuis per- 
 p etuis Labor thus ; cum vt- 
 deret nonnullos Milites, Qui 
 ita auxerant Rem 
 
 Bello, ut incederent bene 
 induti, 5" nutriti lautis 
 Epulis agercnt beat am 
 Vitam. Igitur fuis Ovibus 
 venditis cum Capris ac 
 JBobus, emit Equos & 
 Arma, & profeSus eft in 
 Militiam ; Ubi, cum effet 
 pugnatum male a fuo /w- 
 peratore, non folum perdidit 
 J^w<? habebat, y^i/ etiam 
 recef'it multa Vulncra. 
 C^uare, Militia dam- 
 nata, Jlaluit . exercere 
 Mercaturam, ut in Qua 
 cxiftimabat efie mnjus 
 Lucrum, 5* minorem 
 JLaborem. Igitur Pradiis 
 venditis, cura impleviflet 
 Navim ' Mercibus, capcrat 
 navigare ; fed, cum effet 
 in 
 
 A Certain Hujbandman bore it 
 i//, that He daily ftirred up 
 the Earth, nor arrived to 
 great Riches by hit per- 
 petual Labours ; when /fe 
 faiu fome Soldiers, Who 
 /o had increafed /7/j ^?a/^ 
 in the War, that They .went well 
 clothed, and fed with fumpiuous 
 Dainties led a happy 
 Life. Therefore his Sheep 
 being fold with the Goats and 
 0., He bought Horfes and 
 Arms, and iwn/ into 
 /(? ^far ; Where, when it was 
 fought unfuccefsfully by his Gi?- 
 neral, He not on/v loft 
 What Things He had, a/ alfo 
 received many Wounds, 
 
 Wherefore, War being' con- 
 demned, He refolded to exercife 
 Merchandife, as in what 
 He thought- there was greater 
 Gain, <2^ lefa 
 
 Labour. Therefore his Farms 
 being fold, when He had filled 
 a Ship with Wares, /rV had begun 
 to fail ; but, when /& cwv 
 
S o SELECT FABLES OF JESOP. 
 
 ;n Ahv, magna Tempejiate iu the Deep, a great Tempejl 
 coorta, Na-uis fubmeifa eil, having arofe, the Ship was funk, 
 
 Ipft cum caeteris, 
 
 H 
 
 erant :n i 
 ad Unuru. 
 
 Oniiizs peiicre were in 
 tu One. 
 
 It, 
 
 the 
 
 reft, 
 
 perifhed 
 
 MOR. MOR. 
 
 Haec Fabula admonet, This Fable advifes, 
 
 Qucmhbet debere cffe con- that every One ought to be con- 
 
 tentum fud Sortc, cum tent with his cwn Lot, whtn 
 
 fa parata ubique. Mifery is ready every where. 
 
 FABLE CXXVIII. 
 
 De ASINO (ff SCURRA. Of the Ass an</ the JESTEI. 
 
 A Sin us ferens indigne, 
 quendam Scurratn 
 
 honorari & atniciri pulchris 
 Vtflibiu, quia edebat magnos 
 5ooj Ventris, acajjit ad 
 MagiftratuS) petens f vel- 
 Isnt honorare Se minus, 
 guam Scurram ; Et cum 
 Magljlratus admirantes 
 
 interrcgarent, cur dutxret Se 
 it a. dignum ffonore, inquit, 
 Quia err.itto majorts Crepi- 
 tus Ventris, quam Scurra, & 
 e-js abfque Factors. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Haec Fabula arguit Eos t 
 Qiii profiindant fuas Pau- 
 n,vf in leviffimis Rebus. 
 
 THE Afs Itarlng it unkindly, 
 that a certain Jtfter 
 was honoured atkl dot bed in fair 
 Garments, becaufc He made great 
 Sounds of Belly, wf/ to 
 the Magijlrates, dcliring that they 
 would not honour Him lefs, 
 than the Jefter ; Jtnd when 
 the Maijlral?s admiring 
 
 ajked, why He thought Himfelf 
 fo worthy of Honour, He faid, 
 Becaufe I fend out greater Noi- 
 ksoj Belly, than ^ J^r, and 
 thofe without Stink. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 This Fable reproves 
 Who lay out their 
 R/a in the lightejl Things. 
 
 Thofe, 
 
 FABLE 
 
SfcLECT FABLES OF ^ESOP. 
 
 FABLE CXXIX. 
 
 jftt Amhe tdcejjente fuutn 
 Fontem Conviciis. 
 
 QUidam Amnis lacef- 
 fcbat fitum Fo tern 
 Conviciis, ut ir.ertcm, quod 
 Jtaret immobilis, nee haberet 
 alias Pifces, autem com- 
 mendabat Se plurimum, 
 quod crearet optimos Pifces, 
 9" ferperet per Valles 
 blando Murmure. 
 
 Fans indignatus in Amnem, 
 velut ingratum, reprejjlt 
 Undas. Tune Amnis, /r/- 
 t>atus Si Pifcilus & 
 dulci Sono, evanuit. 
 
 MdR. 
 
 Haec Fabula notat Eos, 
 
 Q_ui arrogant bona, 
 
 >u<s agiint, Silt, 
 
 (5* non attribuunt Deo, 
 
 a *uo t ceu a largo 
 
 Fonte, noftra Bona pro- 
 cedunt. 
 
 Of the River provoking his 
 Spring with Reproaches. 
 
 A Certain River pro* 
 voked Aw Spring 
 wlthReproacheS) &*Jl u gS l fi>i becaufe 
 j^/e JlooJ immoveable, nor had 
 y Fifh, but com- 
 
 mended Hlmfelf very much, 
 lecanfe he bred /ta ^^/? Fifhcs, 
 an^/ 'cfept thro* the Vallies 
 w//A a pleafant Murmur. 
 The Spring angry at the River, 
 <?.? ungrateful, kept back 
 the Waters. Then the River, de- 
 prived both of the Fi/hes and 
 the fweet Sound, vani/hed away. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 This /W^ marketh Thofc, 
 Who ar*ogate the good Things, 
 W^iVA They do, to Themfelves, 
 and do not attribute Them toGod t 
 from Whom, as /row a large 
 Fountain, cur ^doi Things -^iriS- 
 cced. 
 
 FABLE CXXX. 
 
 tnaligno ^ 
 Dtmtine. 
 
 Of the wicked JJ/an and 
 
 QUidam malignus Vir, 
 <rw perpetravifTet 
 
 A Certain wicked Man, 
 
 _ <zy^f He had committed 
 
 p/urima Scelcra, to" fzpius many Wicked nefles, and often 
 
 taptus, & eonclufus Carcere, ^'j laken t and /&w/ in Prifon, 
 
 was detained very 
 
 N 
 
 clofel 
 
92 SELECT FABLES OF ^ESOP. 
 
 pervigili Ctiftodia, imflo- 
 rabat Auxilium Damor.is, 
 Qui fftpewanero a fruit ////', 
 & liberavit Eum e multis 
 Periculis. Tandem Dtmon 
 apparuit Ei iterum depre- 
 kenfot & imploranti folitum 
 Auxilium, habens magnam 
 Fafcem Calcecrum pertufo- 
 rum fuper Humcros, dicens, 
 Amice, tion poffum effe 
 Auxilio Tibi amplius ; 
 etenira peragravi tot 
 Loca pro liberando Te, 
 ut contriverim omnes ho 
 Ca/ceos, & <?/wf nulla P^- 
 cunia fupcrcft Mihi, Qu^a 
 valeam compararc olios ; 
 qua re per ills* 
 
 MOR, 
 
 Hxc Fabula admonet, 
 ne cxiftime-mus noflra 
 Peccata fore fcropcr impu- 
 nlta. 
 
 with a watchful Guard, im- 
 plored the Help of the Devil, 
 Who oftentimes was la'nh Him t 
 and freed Him out of many 
 Dangers. At length the Devil 
 appeared to Him again ta- 
 ken , and imp/or ing the ufual 
 Help, having a great 
 
 Bundle of Shoes worn 
 out vfon his Shoulders, faying* 
 Friend, / am not able to be 
 a Help to Thee longer ; 
 for I have travelled thro* fo many 
 Places for freeing Thee, 
 that I have worn out all thefe 
 Shoes, and moreover no Mo- 
 ney remains to Me, with Which 
 / may be able to get others / 
 wherefore thou fault ptri/&. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 This Fable advifes, 
 
 that <we faould not think our 
 Sins will be always unpunifo- 
 ed. 
 
 FABLE CXXXI. 
 
 De Avibus volentilus 
 cligere plures Reges. 
 
 AVes cor.fultabant de 
 eligendis pluribus 
 
 Regibus, cum Aquila fola 
 nan ~ pojfet regere tantos 
 Greges Volucmm^ & fe- 
 ci/ent fatls Voto, nifi 
 deftitiffent a Conjilio 
 
 Mouitu Cornicis, Q[uae, 
 (um Caufa interrogabatur, 
 cur 
 
 the Birds i^ "Mining 
 to choofe mor* Kings. 
 
 E Birds cenfulted about 
 X choefing more 
 
 ^Tm^j, feeing that /^ Eagle alone 
 cyflj o/ fli/^ to rule fo great 
 Flocks of Birds, and T^j a/ 
 done enough to their Wifo, unlefs 
 They had defijled from the Counfel 
 by the Advice of the Crow, Who, 
 
 the Caufc was afted, 
 why 
 
SELECT FABLES OF 1ESOP. 93 
 
 cur non duceret plures wlty She did not think mere 
 
 Regej e'igendos, inquit, Kings tvere to be chofen, faid, 
 
 quia mult't Sacci impler.tur becaufe many Bags are Jilttd 
 
 difficilius, quam unus. more difficultly, than one. 
 
 MOR. MOR. 
 
 Hxc Fabula docet e/e This Fable teaches it to be 
 
 longe melius gubernari ab by far better to be governed by 
 
 Uno, quam a taultu Prin- One, than by many Prin- 
 
 cipibas. ces. 
 
 FABLE CXXXII. 
 
 De Mulicre, 
 Se velle 
 fuo ^itVo. 
 
 <j>ua dicebat, 
 mori fro 
 
 Q Used am Matrona, ad- 
 m o d u m pudlca & 
 amar.tljjtma Viri, ferebat 
 aegre, Maritum detine- 
 ri ad-verfa Valetudinc : la- 
 mcntabatur, ingemifcebat, 
 5*, ut te/laretur fuutn 
 jfmoran in Virnm^ rogabat 
 Mortem, ut, ^ efltt tr^- 
 /wra Maritum 5/^/, 
 
 potius vellet occidere Se, 
 quam Ilium. Inter &fff 
 Verba, wrV Mortem veni- 
 entem horribili Afpcclu> 
 Timore Cujus preter- 
 rita, & jam pcenitens fui 
 J-'otl, inquit, Ego non fum, 
 Quern petis ; jacet in 
 L,e8o, QjJ_em venlfti 
 
 occiiura. 
 
 the Woman, Who faid, 
 that She waj willing to die for 
 her Hujband. 
 
 Mat 
 
 A Certain Matron, ve- 
 ry chajle and 
 mojl loving of her Hufband, lore it 
 ill, that the Hujband was kept 
 down by bad Health : She la- 
 mented, She grieved, 
 and, that She might tejlify Her 
 Love to her Hit/band, She a/Iced 
 Death, that, if He was 
 f natch her Hufband /row 
 He rather would kill 
 than ,#/tfz. Among 
 Words, She beholds Death com- 
 ing with a horrible slfpefl, 
 with the Fear c/" Whom being af- 
 frighted, andnow repenting of Her 
 Vow, She faid, / am not He, 
 Whom Thou feekeft ; He lies in 
 the Bed, Whom thou comtjl 
 about to kill. 
 
 thefe 
 
 MOR. 
 
94 SELECT FABLES OF JESOP, 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Haec Fabula indicat, Ke- 
 nem eflc adeo amantem 
 
 simici, Qui non 
 efle bent bibi, 
 teri. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 This Fable (hows, that nt 
 One is fo loving 
 
 malit of a Friend, Who had not rather 
 Al- ic was ivell to Him, /tan Ano- 
 ther. 
 
 FABLE CXXXIII. 
 
 Dt Adolefccnte canentc in Cf the * young Man Jmging at 
 Funcre Matris. tie Funeral of his Mother. 
 
 QUidam Vir profeque- 
 batur defunffam 
 
 Uxorem, Qut tffcrt ba- 
 tur ad Sepulchrum 
 Lachrymis & FUtibus ; veto 
 ftus Filius canebat, Q<ii, 
 cum Incrcparetur a Pa- 
 trc, ut amens, Qui can- 
 tarec in Funere Mntris, 
 cum deberet eflc majlus, & 
 una Secum, inquit, 
 Pater, Ji conduxiili 
 Sacerdotety ut canerent, cur 
 irajcerti Mihi concintnti 
 gratis ? Cut Pater 
 inquit, Tuum Officium, & 
 Sacerdotum non ell idem. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Hsec Fabula Indicat, 
 Qmnia non efle decora Om- 
 nibus. 
 
 A Certain Afan follow- 
 ed )&/j ^a</ 
 Wife, 0tt was 
 borne /o the Grave 
 ^/V^ Tears and Weepings ; but 
 ^/J Son /? Who, 
 a;^n he was blamed by the Fa- 
 ther, as mad, //''/iff could 
 fing at the Burial o/a Mother, 
 when /& oz/fA/ to be faa, and 
 /o cw^ together tu'itb Him, faid, 
 Afy Father, if You have hired 
 Prit/ls, that /|?y m;^A/ ^w^, why 
 are you angry with Me Jinging 
 gratis ? 7"o -a'Aom the Father 
 faid, Thy O^t and 
 that of the Priefls is not the fame. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 This 
 // 
 Men. 
 
 fliows, that 
 are not decent for AH 
 
 FABLE 
 
SELECT FABLES OF JESOP. 95 
 FABLE CXXXIV. 
 
 De relotypo Vtro, Q^ui dede- 
 rat Uxorem cuftodiendain. 
 
 ZElotypus Vlr dederat 
 Uxorem, Oil am com- 
 pererat vivere fat-urn pudi- 
 ce, cuidam Amico, Cut 
 fideret plurimum, cuflodi- 
 endam, pollicitus ingentem 
 Pecuniam, fi obfervaret Earn 
 ita diligenter, ut nullo 
 Modo violaret conjuga- 
 iem Copulam. At Ille, ubi 
 xpertu& effct hane 
 
 Cuftodiam nlmis difficilern 
 aliquot Dies, fcf comperifltt 
 fuum Ingenium vinci Vei- 
 futiS Mullens t accedeus ad 
 Maritum, dixit , Se 
 
 nolle g ere re hanc tarn 
 duram Provinciatn amplius ; 
 quandoquidem ne Argus 
 auidemy Qjii Jttit tot us 
 cculatuf, poIFet cujlodire Jm- 
 pudicarn Mitlierem : Ad- 
 didit preterecii fi^neccfle, 
 St malle dtferre 
 
 Saccum plenum Pulicibus in 
 Pratum quotidie integro 
 AnnO) &, Sacco foluto, 
 fafcere Eos inter Kcrbai, 
 $5* Vefpcre rec/u- 
 
 cere omnes Domtim, quam 
 fervare impudicam Mttlie- 
 rcm uno Die. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Hasc Fabula indicat, nuUot 
 
 Cuftodes tjjs lU diligentcs, 
 
 Qui 
 
 Of the jealous Man t Who had 
 glvm his Wife to be guarded. 
 
 A Jealous Man had given 
 his Wife, Whom He bad 
 
 found to live but a little chafte- 
 ly, to a certain Friend, to Whotit 
 He could trufl very muck, to be 
 guarded, having promifed much 
 Money, if He could obferve Her 
 
 fo diligently, that by no 
 Method She might violate the con* 
 
 jngal Tie. But He, when 
 He had experienced tbit 
 Charge too difficult 
 
 fome Days, and had found 
 his Wit to be overcome by theCun 
 ning of the Woman, going to 
 the Hnfband, faid, that He 
 was unwilling to bear this fo 
 hard a Province longer ; 
 feeing that not Argu* 
 indeed, Who was all 
 
 eyed, could be able to keep an un- 
 chafte Woman : He add- 
 ed moreover, if it <was neceflary, 
 that He had rather carry down 
 a Sack full of Fleas into 
 a Meadow </a:'/y for a whole 
 Tear, and, the Sack being loofed, 
 /o feed Them among the Grafs, 
 and in the Evening /</ bring them 
 back all Home, than 
 
 /o /?<rf/> an unchafle Wo' 
 man one Z)s. 
 
 This 
 Guards 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Fable fliowg, 
 are fo 
 
 that no 
 
 diligent, 
 
 Who 
 
9 6 S-ELECT FABLES OF 1ESOP. 
 
 Qui valiant cuftodire Who can be able to keep 
 impudicat Mulicres. vnchajie Women. 
 
 FABLE CXXXV. 
 
 Be Viro recufantc Cly- 
 ftcres. 
 
 QUidam fir, Germanus 
 ^- Natione, ad m od u m Jives, 
 zgrotabat ; ad curand'im 
 Quern plures Medici 
 acccfferunt, (etemm Mufcae 
 convolant catervatim ad 
 Mel) Unas Quorum dicelat 
 inter Cater a, efie 
 
 Opus Clyfteribus, ft vcl- 
 let convalefcere ; Quod 
 cum Vir audirtt, in fact us 
 Medicina hujufmodi, per- 
 cilus Furore, jubet 
 
 Medicos ejic'i 
 
 Domo, dicens t Eos 
 
 effe infamos, Quit cum 
 Caput doltret, vellent 
 mcderi Podicem- 
 
 Of the Man refining Cly- 
 flcrs. 
 
 A Certain Man, a German 
 by Nation, very rich, 
 was fick ; to cure 
 
 Whom many Phyjicians 
 
 came, (for the Flies 
 
 Jly in Heaps to 
 
 the Honey) Or.: of Whom fald, 
 among otherTbings, that there was 
 Need of Clyftcrs, if He was 
 willing to grotu well ; Which 
 when the Man heard, ur.ufed 
 to a Medicine of this Kind, mo- 
 ved with Anger, He command: 
 the Phyficians to be e#ft out 
 of the Houfe, faying, that They 
 were mad, Who, when 
 the Head grieved, tuert willing 
 to cure the reech. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Hsec Falula indicat, 
 Gmnia, qua m vis falutaria, 
 vidcri fs" afpera Of obfu- 
 tura infuetis & inexper- 
 tif. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 This Fable (hows, 
 
 that all Things, alt ho* healthful, 
 feem both rough and hurt- 
 ful to the unaccvftomed and inex~ 
 perienced. 
 
 FABLE 
 
SELECT FABLES OF MSOP. 97 
 FABLE CXXXVI. 
 
 De Afino tegrotante, & 
 Lupis vifitantibus Eum. 
 
 A Sinus agrotabat, & 
 Fama exiverat, Eum 
 moriturum cito ; Igitur, 
 cum Lupi venffitit ad 
 vijendum Eum, ff peterent 
 a Filio, guomoffo ejus Pater 
 valcret, Ille rtfpondit per 
 Rimulam Ojlii, melius, 
 an am vellttis. 
 
 MOR. 
 Hacc Fabula Indicat, 
 
 Of the Afs being Jtck, and 
 the Wolvts vifiting Him* 
 
 TH E Afs -was fid, and 
 Fame had gone out, that He 
 would die quickly ; Therefore, 
 when the Wolves had come to 
 fee Him, and afked 
 
 of the Son, how hia Father 
 did, He anfwered thro* 
 the Chink of the Door, better, 
 than Ye would have Him. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 This Fable fhowd, 
 
 rbear 
 Others with 
 
 Moleftia, hios tamen cupi- Trouble, Whom yet They de* 
 unt interire celeriter. fire to perifh quietly. 
 
 quod Multi fngunt ferre that Many feign to 
 
 of 
 
 FABLE CXXXVII. 
 
 De Nuce, Slj 
 Mature. 
 
 Q 
 
 Uaedam Mutter inter- 
 
 tem Viam fccus, C^ijse im- 
 petebatur Saxis a Populo 
 prastereunte, quare eflet 
 it a amens, ut quo r*^- 
 retur pluribus ff majoribus 
 Verberibust eo procrearei 
 plures 3" praeftantiores 
 Frufius ? Cui nywj/, 
 Efne immemnr Proverbii 
 die en - 
 
 Of the Nut-tree, the 4fs, and 
 the Woman. 
 
 A Certain Woman a/k- 
 *^^ ed a Nut-tree, grow, 
 ing^y fAr^sy-5u/fWhich waslea- 
 ten with Stones ^y the People 
 pafling by, w/^y It was 
 fo mad, /^/ by how much // was 
 beaten with more and greater 
 Stripes, by fo much /'/ yielded 
 more and better 
 
 Fruits ? To whom it faid t 
 A.U thou unmindful of the Proverbs 
 
$8 SELECT FABLES OF JESO?. 
 
 Jicsntlt ita, Nux, Afinus, faying thus," 4 Nut-tree t an Af, 
 Mulier, // ligati W a Woman, <7rr bound 
 #*<: tria Jy a like Law. 73^ three 
 do Nothing rightly, if 
 ceafe. 
 
 ccflant. 
 
 Lege. 
 
 Nil reSe t fi Verbera 
 
 Mo*. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Haec /*/* indfcat, This Fable ffiow. 
 
 Homines faepe /0/<?rf con- /<z/ JI/i often are wont to 
 fodere Se propriig wound Themjelvts with their own 
 
 Darts. 
 
 FABLE CXXXVIII. 
 
 De Afino, non invcnierite 
 Fintm Laborum. 
 
 A Sinus angelcitur plurf- 
 * mum hyberno tcmporc, 
 quod afficerctur nimio 
 Frigore, & haberet durum 
 Viclum Pakarum ; quare 
 optabat vernam Tern per iem t 
 & teneras Herb as. Sed 
 cum Ver adveniflet, &? 
 cogeretur a Domino, 
 Qui crat Figulus, defcrre 
 drgillam in Aream, & 
 Lignum ad Fornacem, & 
 inds Latcres & Tegulas ad 
 di?erfa Loca ; pertsefus 
 Vent) in Quo tolcrabat 
 tot Labores, fperabat 
 ^Eftatem, ut Dominiis 
 \mpeditus Mcffc 
 
 fateretur Enm quiefcere ; Scd 
 tune quoque, cum compel- 
 leretur ferre MefTes in 
 A ream, & inde Triticum 
 Domum, nee cflet Locus 
 Qui- 
 
 Of the Afs, not finding 
 an End of his Labours. 
 
 THE Afs tuas grieved very 
 much in winter Time, 
 that He was affe&ed with too much 
 Cold, and had hard 
 
 Meat of Chaff"; wherefore 
 He defircd the Spring Seafon t 
 and th'e tender Grafs. But 
 when Spring came, o*/ 
 He was compelled ly the Matter, 
 /Wo was a Potter, to carry 
 Clay into Ak Tan/, and 
 Wood to //if Furnace , and 
 thence Bricks an</ Tilci /o 
 diverfe P/flf ; tired 
 
 of the Spring, in Which He bore 
 yb many Labours, /^ hoped for 
 Summer, /^a/ the Mafter 
 being hindered by the Harveft 
 would fuffer Him fo r^ / But 
 then alfo, W>fn He was com- 
 pelled to bear the Corn into 
 the Barn, and thence the Wheat 
 Home, nor was there S^a 
 for 
 
SELECT FABLES OF ^SOP. 99 
 
 Qnieti Sibt ; fait em fperabat 
 Aqtumnum fore Finem 
 Laborum : Sed, cum ne 
 tune quoque cerneret Finem 
 Malorum, cum quotidif 
 Vinum, Poma, & Lignum 
 eflent portanda, rurfus 
 efflagitabat Niyem fc? 
 
 Glaciem Hyemis, ut tune 
 faltem aliqua Requies con- 
 cederetur Sibi a tantis 
 Laborious. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Hsec Fabula indicat, 
 ejje nulla Tempora prsefen- 
 Quac non funt fub- 
 
 jefta 
 
 ls Laboribus. 
 
 for Reft, for Him ; at lea ft He 
 that Autumn -would be the End 
 o/*/&;V Labours : But, -a>en not 
 /^fl alfo He perceived an End 
 of Evlhy feeing that .daily 
 Wine, Apples t and 7^boJ 
 were to be carried, again 
 He longed for the Snow and 
 Ice of Winter, that //JOT 
 at lead fame keft m/^/J/ be 
 granted to Him /row fo great 
 Labours. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 This Fable fhows,' 
 
 /^fl/ M^r r^ no Times of the pre- 
 fent Life, Which are not fub- 
 jeft /o perpetual Labours. 
 
 FABLE CXXXIX. 
 
 M 
 
 ANY Mice, 
 
 ing in the Hollow 
 a ' Wall, efpied 
 
 Cat, Who /<7y oa 
 boarded Floor, with her Head 
 
 t)e Mure, Qui volebat Of the Moufe, Who was willing 
 contrabere Amicitiam cum to contract a Friendfhip 'with 
 Fele. the Cat. 
 
 GOmpIures Mures, com- 
 morantes in Cavo 
 Parietis, contemplabantur 
 Felem, Qtjje incumbebat in 
 Tabulate, Capite 
 
 dcmtjffa, & /''/?' Vnltn. 
 Tnc Unas ex lis /'nyu/V, Hoc 
 JJniniat videtur admodum 
 benignum, Cff mite ; 
 ttenim prasfert quandam 
 SantTimomam ipfo Fultu ; 
 volb alloqui Tpfam, 
 
 fe 1 n eft ere ind'iffolulilem 
 Amicitiam cum Ea ; ^?/<* 
 cum dix'tffety & acccjpf. 
 
 Then One c/ them [aid, 
 Animal feems i;<fry 
 
 kind and mild ; 
 
 /or She fhows a certain 
 San8ity in Her very Countenance ; 
 I am willing to fpeak to Her, 
 and to knit /i indffifublc 
 Friendmip TO/'/^Her; Which Things 
 when He had f aid, and &?</ <a/)- 
 prcached 
 
 o 
 
ioo SELECT FABLES OF JESOP. 
 
 /ft propius, erat captus, proachcd nearer, He was taken, 
 
 & dilaceratus a Feie. and torn to Pieces by the Cat. 
 
 Tune Cseteri, v'ukntes Hoc, Then the Rdl, feting This, 
 
 aicbant Secum, profcfio /aid with Themftlves, truly 
 
 non eft addendum temere It is not to be trufttd rafhly 
 
 Vvltiti. to the Countenance. 
 
 MOR. MOR. 
 
 Haec_ Faltita ionuit, This Fable hints, 
 
 Jionatus hon c(Te ludicutidoi llat Men are not /o & judged 
 
 c I^u/iti, fed .v Opetibus ; by i/jeCounUnance, but ij Works ; 
 
 riw atrocrs Z,v/z farpe Jeiing that fierce Wolves often 
 
 dditcfcant fub ot/W Pcile. / y?-:W under a S/;fc]>'s Skin. 
 
 FABLE CXL. 
 
 Z)^ Afino, ^z/i fervicbat 
 ingfato Hero. 
 
 A Sinus, ^ul ferviveiat 
 ingraio Htro multos 
 Annos inoffenfo Pcde, 
 yj-wf/, lit Jit i dum ^ 
 preffus gravl Sarcina, & 
 incedcret falebrofd Via, 
 recidebat fub Otic re. Turn 
 impiacabius Do minus <rom- 
 pellebat Euro furgere mull is 
 
 J^erletibut. 
 
 nuncupans 
 
 )gnai)um & pigrum Animal. 
 ^/ mifcr s4Jinus dicebat 
 Secum, inter /i<ft Verbera, 
 Infelix Ego, J^K/ fortittis fum 
 tarn ingratum Herum ! Nam 
 quamvis ferviverim Ei multo 
 Tcmpore fine QJfenfd, tamen 
 ion compenfat hoc onw 
 Deliftum m> tot priflinit 
 Beneficiis. 
 
 Of the Afs, Wko fcrved 
 c ungrateful Mafter. 
 
 THE Afs, ff^ohad ferved 
 0/7 ungrateful Mafter many 
 Years wi/A an ir.offenfive Foot, 
 cnce, as it happens, whilfl //f <a/^J 
 prefled with a heavy Load, ar.d 
 went in an uneven Way, 
 fell under the Burden. Then 
 the implacable Mafter com~ 
 pe! led Him to rife with many 
 Blows, calling Him 
 
 on idle and dull Animal. 
 But the miferable 4fs faid 
 io//A Himfclf) among thefe Stripes, 
 Unhappy I, WAo have got 
 yo ungrateful a Majler ! For 
 altho* I have fcrved ///m a long 
 Time without Offence, yet 
 He dots not tLtigh this one 
 Fault ///.o mj fo many 
 Benefits. 
 
SELECT FABLES OF JESOP. 101 
 
 MOR. MOR. 
 
 Hzc Fabula confifta eft This Fable was feigned 
 
 sn Eos, S>ui immemores againjl Thofc, Who unmindful 
 
 Benefciorum collatorum of Benefits conferred 
 
 Sibit profequuntur etlam on Themfelves , profccute. focn 
 
 minimam 0/enfam fui Be- the lead Offence of their e~ 
 
 nefafloris in Se atroci nefacior on Him with a cruel 
 
 Pxna. Punsjkmtnt. 
 
 FABLE CXLI. 
 
 De Lupo, fitadcnte Hif- 
 trici, ut deponeret 
 fun Tela. 
 
 LUpus efuriens in ten - 
 derat Minimum in Hij- 
 tricem, Q^iam (amen ;;on au- 
 debat invaiien, qviii erat 
 munita unJique Sag'ULis. 
 Autem Ajlutid excogitata 
 ptrdtndi Earn, ceeplt fua- 
 dcre ////', ne porta- 
 ret tantum Onus Teloritm 
 Tergo Temfore Pacis, 
 quandoq-j'idcm Sagitcarii non 
 bortartiit Alicj'.iid, nijl cum 
 "Temfui Prxlii iri/laret ; 
 Cui Hijlrlx inquit, 
 
 Eft credendum fempsr efTe 
 TTempus pvxliandi adverfus 
 Lupum. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Haze Falula 
 fapientem Virum 
 fempcr , ejfi 
 adverfus Fraudes 
 rum t & HcjYtuK. 
 
 innuit, 
 
 oportere 
 
 m u n i t u m 
 
 Inimico- 
 
 0/"the Wnlf, perfuading the Por- 
 cupine,/^ She would lay down 
 kcr Darls. 
 
 TH E Wolf /junserinjr had 
 bent bis Mind \\pon the Por- 
 cupine, Which nevertbeleft He dar- 
 ed not to attack, becaufe She <was 
 fortified every inhere with Daits>. 
 But a cunning being thought on 
 of dejlroying Her, He began to per- 
 fuade Her, that She would not 
 carry fa great a Burden of Darts 
 on her Back in a Time of Peace, 
 feeing that the Archers did not 
 carry any Thing, unlefs when 
 the Time of Battle approached : 
 To whom tike Porcupine faid, 
 // is to be believed always to be 
 a Time of fighting- asain/i 
 a Wolf. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 This Fable hints, 
 
 that a wife Man ought 
 always to be fortified 
 aga'iiift Deceits of Ene- 
 mies t and Foes. 
 
 FABLE 
 
102 SELECT FABLES OF JESOP-. 
 FABLE CXLII.' 
 
 De MURE libcrantc 
 MILVUM. 
 
 MU S, confpicatus 
 
 Milvum implicitum 
 Laqueo Aucup'ts, mifertus eft 
 jfvis, quamvis Intm'icx Sibi ; 
 Vinculifque abrofis 
 
 Dentibus, fecit Viam 
 Sibi evolandi. Mil v us, 
 immemor tanti Beneficil, 
 ubi vldlt Se folutum, 
 corripiens Murem fufpican- 
 tem Nil tale, lacerqint 
 Unguibus, & Roftro. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Haec Fabula indicat, 
 malignos Viros folere repen- 
 dere Gr -alias hujus Modi 
 fills Belief aftorlbus. 
 
 Of the MOUSE freeing 
 the KITE. 
 
 THE Moufe, having cjpted 
 the Kite entangled 
 
 in the Snare of the Fowler, pitied 
 the Bird, ahho' an Enemy to Her ; 
 and the Bands being gnawed 
 with her Teeth t She made a Way 
 for Her offying out. The Kite, 
 unmindful of fo great Benefoy 
 when He faiv Himfelf loofed t 
 feizing the Moufe fufpeft- 
 ing no fuch Thing, tore Her 
 with her Claws, and Bill. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 This Fable fliows, 
 
 that wicked Men are wont to re- 
 pay Thanks of this Kind 
 to their BenefaSors. 
 
 FABLE CXLIII. 
 
 De Cochlea petente a Ja<oe t Of the Snail dejr'mg of Jupiter % 
 ut poffet ferre that She might be able to bear 
 
 foam Domura Secum. Her Houfe with Her. 
 
 CU M Jupiter, ab Ex- 
 ordio Mundi, 
 
 dargiretur fingulis Anima- 
 libus Munera, Qu<t peti- 
 iffcnt, Cochlea petiit 
 ,33 Eo, tit poffet 
 circumferre fuam Domum. 
 Interrogata a Jove, ywar^ 
 expofceret tale Munus ab 
 Eo, 
 
 WHEN Jupiter, from the Be- 
 ginning of the World, 
 bejlowed on all Ani- 
 
 mals the Gifts, Which They 
 had defired, fta Snail defircd 
 of. Him, ^fl/ She might be able 
 to bear about her Houfe. 
 Being afked by Jupiter, why 
 She demanded fuch a Gift /r/w 
 Him, 
 
SELECT FABLES OF JESOP. 103 
 
 Eo, Quod futurum erat Him, Which would bye 
 
 grave, ' & molejlum illi, heavy, and troublefome to He.r^ 
 
 inquit, malo ferre tarn She faid, I had rather bear fo 
 
 grave Onus perptfuo, quam heavy a Burden perpetually, than 
 
 now pofle vitare malum fco/ to be able to avoid a bad 
 
 Picinum, cum -W&W libuerit. Neighbour t when /lilt. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Haec Fabula 
 Vicinitatetn 
 fugiendam omni 
 mo do. 
 
 indicat, This 
 
 MOR, 
 Fable 
 
 fhows, 
 
 Malorum t/xit tb& Neighbourhood^ bad MR 
 Incorn- is to be avoided with every Dif~ 
 advantage. 
 
 FABLE CXLIV. 
 
 Z)t Herinaceo ejiciente 
 Vipcram Hojpitem. 
 
 HErinaceus., pr<efentiens 
 Hyemem adveniare, 
 rogavit Viper am, ut eonce* 
 dcret Locum Sibi in fua 
 Cavern a adverfus Vim 
 Frigoris ; Quod cum Ilia 
 fectffet, Herinaceus, pervol- 
 ucns Se hue atque illuc, 
 pungebat Viperam Acu- 
 mine Spinarum, & torqitebat 
 vehement er ; Ilia videns Se 
 male trafiatam quando 
 fnfcepit Herinaceum Hofpi- 
 tio, orabat Eum blandis 
 Verbid, ut exiret, 
 
 cum Locus effet nimis 
 anguflus duobus. Cui 
 
 Herinaceus inquit, Ex- 
 eat, Qui nequit manerc 
 hie ; quare Vipera fen- 
 
 efTe 
 
 Locum 
 Sibi 
 
 Of the Hedge -Hog cajling out 
 the Viper her Hojl. 
 
 THE Hdge- Hog, perceiving 
 the Winter to approach, 
 alked the Viper, that She would 
 grant a Place to Him in her 
 Cavern againjl the Extremity 
 of the Cold ; Which when She 
 had done, the Hedge- Hog, roll- 
 ing Himfelf hither and t hither t 
 pricked the Viper with the Sharp, 
 ncfs of his Darts, and tormented Her 
 vehemently ; She feeing Herfilj 
 ill treated ivher< 
 
 She took the Hedge-Hog Gueft- 
 wife, entreated Him with fair 
 Words, that He would go out, 
 feeing that the Place was too 
 narrow for both. To whom 
 the Hedge- Hog yi/W, Let Him 
 go out, Who cannot abide 
 here ; wherefore the Viper per* 
 ceiving, there was not a Place 
 for 
 
104 SELECT FABLES OF 
 
 Sibi tit, ctffit iltine 
 ex Hofpitio. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Hsec Falula indicat, Eos 
 non efle admittendos in Con- 
 fortium, Q^i poffunt ejicere 
 Nos. 
 
 for Her there, departed thence 
 out of her Lodging. 
 
 Mo*. 
 
 This Fable ftiows, that 'They 
 are not to be admitted into Pel' 
 loiuflj'ip, Who are. able to caft out 
 Us. 
 
 FABLE CXLV. 
 
 quodam 
 
 Poetd. 
 
 QUJdam Avnciia acce- 
 dens o/ Poetam, ca/uj 
 Agros coiebat, cum o^n- 
 
 interrogabat Eum, quo 
 Pa8o poffct v'tvere \\.z fofas ? 
 Cui ///f inquil, Tanturr. 
 coepi ^ folus, 
 adveniiU /&<r, 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Hasc Fabula 
 erudites Viros, 
 nue Jlipantur 
 
 fndicat, 
 
 conti- 
 
 Turba 
 
 z & C/" a certain Hujbandman and 
 
 A Certain Hvjlandman com- 
 ing fo a Puct, -K/Ac/r 
 Fields He ploughed, when ^? had 
 found Him a/en; among his Books^ 
 afkcd ^;m, by what 
 
 Means He was able to live fo alene? 
 To whom //V faid, / <?/:/) 
 began to be alone, Jwcs 
 You came hither. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 This Fable fliovrs, 
 
 Mfl/ learned Men, /^o conti- 
 nually a thronged with a Crowd 
 
 dod'iffitnorum Virorutn, o/" /^ moft learned 
 
 tune tfle y^/oj, cum juerint then are alone, vhen /, 
 inter illiteratos Homines. amongft illiterate Fellows. 
 
 FABLE 
 
SELECT FABLES OF JESOP. 
 FABLE CXLVI. 
 
 105 
 
 De Lupo, 
 Ovis, 
 Gregcm. 
 
 induto Ptlle 
 i devorabat 
 
 LUpus, inctutus Pelle 
 Ovis, immifcuit Se 
 Grtgi Ovium, & 
 
 quotidie occidebat Aliquam 
 ex is : Q^tod cum Pa- 
 ftor animad'utrtiffet, fufpen- 
 dit Ilium in alt't/Jinid 
 Arborc. Autem caeteria 
 Pafloribns interrogantibus, 
 cur fufpendiflct Ovcm, 
 aiebat, Quiffem Pellis ejl 
 Ovis, ut videtis ; avtem 
 Opera erant Lupi. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Haec Falula indi'cat, 
 Homines non efTe judican- 
 dis ex Habittt, ltd ex 
 Operibus ; quoniam Muhi 
 faciunt Lupina Opera fub 
 ls Ovium. 
 
 0/the Wolf, clotted with the Skin 
 of the Sheep, Who devoured 
 the Flock. 
 
 A Wolf, */// with the Skin 
 of a Sheep, mixed Himfelf 
 with a Flock of Sheep, and 
 ////y flew fame One 
 
 of TAfTO . Which when the Shep- 
 herd had olferved, He hang- 
 ed Him on a very hi^h 
 Tree. But the o-hcr 
 
 Shepherds a fk i n g, 
 
 why He had hung /&? Sheep, 
 He faid, / B </// the Skin is 
 a Sheep's, j you fee ; but 
 the Works were a Wolf's. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 This 
 
 but 
 
 fhow, 
 judg- 
 
 Fable 
 
 // ATf are not 
 ed by #a3/V, 
 Works ; becaufe Many 
 
 efo Wolves' Works under 
 the Clothings of Sheep. 
 
 FABLE CXLVII. 
 
 Dt CANE occidente OVES O/* the DOG killing the SHEE? 
 yb/ Domini. of his Mafter. 
 
 Uidam Paflor dederat 
 fuas Ovt-s Cant culto- 
 diendas, pafcens Ilium 
 optimis CiKs. At Ille f<epc 
 occidebat aliquant Ovem ; 
 cum Pajlor animad- 
 vrrtiffct, 
 
 A Certain Shepherd had given.. 
 /$ Sheep /o his Dog to be 
 kept, feeding Him 
 
 wfV:> /^<r 3^ Meats. But He o/te 
 killed fame one Sheep ; 
 Which when the. Shepherd had ob- 
 
106 SELECT FABLES OF 
 
 vertiflVt, capiens Canero, 
 volebdt occidcre Eum. 
 Cui Canis inquit, iQnare 
 cupis perdert Me ? 
 
 Sum unus ex tuis domffticis ; 
 potius interfice Lupum, Qui 
 Continue infld'tattlr tuo 
 Ovili. I mo, inqitit Pa- 
 ftor, Put'j Te magls dignlim 
 fiTorte,c(yi\n\I*upum: Etcnitn 
 Jlle proficetur Se mem 
 Hoftem pal am ; wrS Tu,fbl> 
 Specie Amicitis, quotidie 
 imfn'muis meum Grtgem. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Hzc Falula fndi'cat, Eos 
 effc punlendot tange tnagls % 
 Qui Ifdunt Nos yi/3 Specie 
 jlmlcit'ue, quam ^/ pro- 
 fitcntur Se notlros Immlcoi 
 palam. 
 
 fervcd, taking the Do)j $ 
 He iuat tutUing to kill Him. 
 To \vhom /^ Dr^ faid, Wbtrefoti 
 dofl Thou defire to dejlroy Me ? 
 / am one c/" thy Domeft'tcs ; 
 rather /^ the Wolf, Wh 9 
 continually lays 'wait for your 
 Sheepfold. Nay, /jjj the Shep- 
 herd, / think You more worthy 
 of Death, than ike Wolf : For 
 //if profefles Himfelf my 
 Enemy openly ; litt Thou, undef- 
 the Show of Friendfiipy daily 
 dimitilfkeft my Flock. 
 
 Mo*. 
 
 This /aJfe (hows, //&/ T% 
 are to be punijhsd by far wor^, 
 Who hurt Us t/</irr a Pretence 
 Friend/hip, than 77*^ /^o pro- 
 efs TLemf el-vet our Enemies 
 openly. 
 
 P/ 
 fef 
 
 FABLE CXLVIII. 
 
 ARIETE pugnante cum 
 TAURO. 
 
 Rat 
 
 idam Aries 
 
 Eat quam 
 </tr Oves, ^f 
 habebat /am firmum Caput 
 & Cornueit ut ^a/ra & 
 facile fuperaret cttero; 
 Arittes ; jwart cum inveniret 
 nulhim Ar'tetem amplius, 
 Qui anderet objijlere Sibi 
 occurfavtiy elatus 
 
 crebris Vitloriis, anfus eft 
 provocare Taurum ad Pug- 
 nam ; fed primo Congreffii, 
 
 Of th 
 
 the BULL. 
 
 THERE was a certain Ram 
 among the Sheep, Who 
 had fo firm a Head 
 and Horns, that prejently and 
 eajily He overcame /Af other 
 Rams ; wherefore when Atf found 
 iro jRjw more, 
 
 /P$o dared to with/land Him 
 running againft Him, puffed up 
 with frequent Victories, he dared 
 to provoke a Bull to Bat' 
 tie i but at the frjl Ofet, 
 -n 
 
SELECT FABLES OF 7ESOP. 107 
 
 cam arietaviflet in 
 
 Front era Tauri, eft reper- 
 cufius tarn atroci Iftu, 
 ut fere moriens, diceret 
 haec, Stultus Ego ! 
 
 quid cgi 
 
 ? Cur aufus fura 
 
 lace/fere tarn potentem Ad- 
 verfarium, CK/' Natura 
 creavit Me imparem ? 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Haec Fabu/a Indicat, won 
 ^j ccrtandum cum poten- 
 tioribus. 
 
 when He had butted again/I 
 the foiehead of the Bull, He was 
 ftruck back with fo cruel a 2?/c*y, 
 that almofl dying, He faid 
 thtfe words, Fool that I am ! 
 what have I done ? Why dared I 
 to provoke fo powerful an Ad- 
 verfary, to Whom Nature 
 hath created Me unequal ? 
 
 MOR. 
 
 This Fable (hows, */&/?/ /V 
 M of to be drove w;VA the more 
 powerful. 
 
 F A B L- E CXLIX. 
 
 De Aquila rapiente Filios 
 Cuniculi. 
 
 AQUILA, nidulata in 
 altiffima Arbore, ra- 
 puerat Filios Cuniculi, 
 Qm pafcebatur non longe 
 illinc, in Praedam fuorum 
 Pullorum ; Quam Cuni- 
 culus orabat blandis Verb'u, 
 ut dignaretttr reftituerc 
 fuos Filios Sibi ; At Ilia, 
 arbitrans Eum effe pu/illum 
 & terreflre Animal, 
 
 dilacerabat Eos ffkgin&nt, 
 Quos apponebat fiiis PW///J 
 eptilandos m Confpeftu 
 Matris : Tune Canicular, 
 commotus Morte fuorum 
 Filiorum, haud permifit 
 hanc Injuriam abire fmp.u- 
 nitara ; ctenim efFodit 
 radicitus, !%u<e 
 fofti- 
 
 0/"thc Eagle friatchlng the Young 
 of the Coney. 
 
 THe TLzg 
 a very high Tree, hadfnatch- 
 ed away the Young of the Coney, 
 Who was fed not far 
 from thence, for the Prey c/" her 
 Young ; When the Co- 
 ney befought with fair Words, 
 that .S/ji? would vouchfafe to reftore 
 for Young fo Her ; But Sfo, 
 fuppofing Him to be a /?///? 
 and earthly Animal, 
 
 tore Them with her Talons, 
 Which She put to her To-ang 
 to eat in the Sighc 
 of the Dam : Then the Coney, 
 moved at the Death of her 
 Toung, permitted not 
 
 this Injury to go unpunifh- 
 ed ; for She dug up 
 the Tree by the Roots, Which 
 fuftain- 
 
io3 
 
 SELECT FABLES OF JESOP. 
 
 fuftincbat N'ulurn, Qux 
 procidens Icvi Impulfu 
 Ve n t o r u m , dtjtcit 
 
 Pull os Aqulle adhuc implu- 
 wes in Humunt y Q^ij 
 dspafti a /V/ir pras- 
 *Buerunt Solatium Doloris 
 Cuniculo. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Hasc F alula iddicat Ne- 
 minem frctum fua Potentii 
 deaere defpicerc in;bedl!iores t 
 cum aliquando infirmiores 
 ulcifcantur lujurias potsn- 
 tiorum. 
 
 f attained /^ A'^7. whicfc 
 /J//JHJ with a light JWj/I 
 of the Winds, threw do<wn 
 the Young 0/"/ta Eagle, as ytt wn- 
 Jledg^d l upon /^; Ground, Who 
 &ij? w/ // by /if /#7A/ ^^ra/?j- af- 
 fordtd Comfort of Grief 
 
 MOR. 
 
 This Fable (hows, that n 
 
 Man relying on his Power 
 
 ought to defpife the Weaker^ 
 
 feeing \h*\. fomctimes the Weaker 
 
 rs-oeng: the Injuries of the mors 
 powerful. 
 
 FABLE CL. 
 
 De Lupo, Plfce Fluvii, 
 
 qffeSante Regnum 
 
 Marls. 
 
 ERAT Lupus, in quo- 
 dam Amne, >ui ex- 
 cedebat cecterot Pi fees 
 fjufdtm Fluminis in Pul- 
 chritudine, Magn'ttudine, ac 
 Roborc ; tinde Omnes admi- 
 rabantur, tf afficiebant 
 Eum raaximo Honors ; 
 quare elatus Superbia 
 capit appetere majorem 
 Principal urn. Jgitur Am- 
 nc relifio, in Quo regna- 
 verat multos Annos, ingref- 
 fut eft Mare, ut vendi- 
 caret Rcgnum Ejus Si- 
 ft ; fed offendcns Delphi- 
 num mirte Magnitudinis, 
 
 0/"the Pike, a Fiji of the River. 
 
 affeSing the Dominion 
 
 of the Sea. 
 
 THERE was a Pile, in a cer- 
 tain River, Who ex- 
 ceeded the other Fifties 
 of the fame River in Fair- 
 nefs, Greatnefs, and 
 
 Strength ; whence All admir- 
 ed, and affe&ed 
 Him with the greateft Honour ; 
 wherefore puffed up with Pride 
 He began to defire greater 
 Command. Therefore the Ri- 
 ver le'mg /eft, in Which He had 
 reigned many Years, He entered 
 into the Sea, that he might chal- 
 lenge the Dominion of It to Him- 
 felf ; but finding a Dol- 
 phin of a ivonderful Greatnefs, 
 
SELECT FABLES OF ^ESOP. 109 
 
 >ui rcgnabat in Illo, eft 
 it a inftSatut ab I Ho, ut au- 
 fugiens vix ingrederetur 
 Odium Amn'iS) nnde 
 aufus ejl exire non amfliiis. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Ha;c Fabuta admonct Nos t 
 ut contenti nollris Rebus, 
 ne appetamus, ^/< funt 
 longe tsajora nc/?w Viribus. 
 
 J^o reigned m It, //: -UMJ 
 fo purfuzd by .#/, that jlyi*g 
 a-Wtiy fcarce could He enter into 
 the Mouth of the River, whence 
 He durjl to go out no more. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 This Falie admonifhes Us, 
 that content with our own Things, 
 We do not defire, What are 
 ly far greater f&m our Strength. 
 
 FABLE CLI. 
 
 De OVE con-vitiantc 
 PaRori. 
 
 OVis eonvitlabatur Pa- 
 ftori, quod non con- 
 tentus Lafte, ^i/<j<y mul- 
 gebat ab Ea i fuum Ufum, 
 & 7/j/w! Fiiiojum, 
 
 infvper denudaret Illam 
 Vellere. Tune Paftor 
 
 iratus trahebat ejus Filium 
 ad Mortem. Ovis inqnit, 
 Qtid pejtis poles facere 
 Mihi ? Pa (tor inquit, ut 
 cccidam Te, 5* projiciam 
 devorandam JL/upis Cff 
 Canibns. 0-u/j filuit, 
 
 formidatit ad hue major a 
 Mala. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Hcec Fabula indtcat, 
 Homines non dcfaere excan- 
 defcere in Deum, ii pcrniittat 
 DivJtias 5* Filios ntiferri 
 Ipfis ; rww poflit 
 
 viferre ctiam majora Sup- 
 plicia 
 
 0/"the SHEEP railing on 
 the Shepherd. 
 
 A Sheep railed on a Shep- 
 herd, /rt/ not C'ir - 
 tent with t}i'..- Milk, IVlleb He 
 milked /rew Her /or his own Ufr, 
 and //6<f t//^ of his Children, 
 moreover He ft ripped Htr 
 of the Fleece. T^un the Shepherd 
 angry dragged her Young- one 
 to Death. The Sheep fays, 
 What worfe are You able to do 
 to Me ? The Shepherd f.iys, that 
 Iinay&i!/Tl\ee,and throw Thee out 
 to bt devoured by the Wolvts and 
 Dogs. The Sheep held her Peace, 
 fearing yet greater 
 
 Evas. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 This /aJ& (hows, 
 
 fta/ Afc?/j ought not /<? grow 
 tuarm againft Gctf, \$ He pennitteth 
 Riches and Children to be talcn 
 from Them ; when He is able 
 to bring even greater Punifh- 
 ments 
 
no SELECT FABLES OF JEBOP. 
 
 plicia Ipjis 8c vlventilus jnents upon Them both 
 & mortals. and dead. 
 
 FABLE GUI. 
 
 De Auriga &? Rota 
 Currfis Jlridente. 
 
 AUriga interrogabat 
 
 Currum, quare 
 
 Rota, >U(e erat deterior, 
 ftrideret, cum cseteri non 
 facer ent idem ? Cut 
 
 Currus inquit, JEgroti 
 femper confuevcrunt effe 
 morofi ff queruli. 
 
 Of the Waggoner and the Wheel 
 of the Waggon creaking. 
 
 TH E Waggoner aflted 
 the Waggon, wherefore 
 the Wheel, Which was worfe, 
 creaked, when the reft did 
 not do the fame ? To whom 
 the Waggon faitl, The Sick 
 always have ufcd /0 be 
 morofe and complaining. 
 
 MOR. MOR. 
 
 HxcFat>u/aindicat,MaIa This Fable fhows, that Evils 
 
 femper folcre impellere always are wont to drive 
 
 Homines ad Querimoniam. Men to Complaint. 
 
 FABLE CLIII. 
 
 De Viro wienie experiri 
 Amicos. 
 
 QUidam V'tr admodum 
 dives 6c liberalis^ 
 habebat magnam Copiam 
 jfmicorvm, Quos fape invi- 
 tabat nd Co^nam ; W Quern 
 accedelant libentiflirne. 
 
 dulem volens experiri, an 
 effent ^/?/ Sibi 
 
 in Laboribus 55" Pericnlis, 
 fonvocavit Eos omnes, di- 
 cens. Inimicos effe cbortos 
 Sibi, 
 
 O/" the Man willing to tty 
 his Friends. 
 
 A Certain Man very 
 r/V/6 and liberal, 
 
 had a ^ratf Abundance 
 of Friends, Whom often He in- 
 vited to Supper ; to Whom 
 They went raolt willingly. 
 JBitt willing to try, whether 
 They would be faithful to Him 
 in Labours and Dangers, 
 He called together Them all, fay- 
 ing, that Enemies were rifen up 
 againft Him> 
 
SELECT FABLES OF 1ESOP. in 
 
 Sibi, Quos ftatmt 
 
 occldere ; quare, Armis cor- 
 reptis, treat Secum, 
 ut ulcifcerentur Injurias 
 lllatas Sibi. Turn Oranes 
 caperunt excufare Se, 
 prater Duos. Igitur, ceterls 
 repudiates, habuit tantum 
 Illos Duos in Nuniero 
 Amicorum. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Hsec Fabula indicat, ad- 
 iierfam Fortunam ejje 
 optimum Experimentum 
 
 Amicitiae. 
 
 againft Him, Whom He refolvcd 
 to kill ; wherefore, Arms being 
 taken up, theyfhouldgo with Him, 
 that They might revenge the Injuries 
 offered to Him. Then All 
 began to excufe ThemJ 'elves , 
 except Two. Therefore, the re/1 
 being rejected, He held only 
 Thofe Two in the Number 
 of Friends. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 This Fable fiiows, that ad- 
 verff Fortune is 
 
 the beft Experiment 
 
 of Friendfhip. 
 
 FABLE CLIV. 
 
 De Vulpe laudante Camera 
 Leporis Cani. 
 
 CUM Vulpes fugeretur 
 a Cane, & jamjam 
 effet capienda, nee 
 
 cognofcerat ullam aliam 
 Vtarn evadendi, inquit, O 
 Canis, quid cupis perde- 
 re Me, cujtis Caro non po- 
 teft effe ulli Ufui Tibi I 
 cape potius ilium Leporem ; 
 (etenim Lepus aderat prope) 
 cujus carnem Mortales dicunt 
 tffe fuaviffimam. Igitur 
 Cam's, motus Confilio 
 VulpiSy Vulpe omiffd, 
 infectitus ^Leporem ; Qjjem 
 tamen non potuit capere ob 
 ejus incredibilem Veloc'i- 
 tutem. Poft paucos Dies 
 Lepus 
 
 Of the Fox praiftng the Flcfli 
 of the Hare to the Dog. 
 
 "y^HEN 'the Fox was put to flight 
 by the Dog, and juft now 
 was to be catched, Jtor 
 knew any other 
 
 Way of efcaping, He fald> O 
 Dog, why dojl Thou defire to de- 
 ftroy Me, whofe Flejb can- 
 not be of any Ufe to Thee ? 
 take rather that Hare ; 
 (for the Hare *was nigh) 
 whofe Fie Hi Men fay 
 
 is mod iwect. Therefore 
 the Dog, moved with the Counfel 
 o/" fta Fcx, the Fox being let alone , 
 purfued the Hare ; Which, 
 yet He could not take for 
 her incredible Swrift- 
 
 ntft. After a few Days 
 the Hart 
 
in SELECT FABLES OF JESOP. 
 
 Lepus conveniens Pulpem 
 accufabat Earn vehemeri- 
 ter, (ctenlm audirat ejus 
 Vcrba) quod demonllraflet 
 Se Cani. Cut 
 
 Vulpes inquit, Lepus, quid 
 accufas Me, cum lavidavi 
 Tc tantopere ? Quid 
 diceres, fi c'ttvperafftm 
 Tc > 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Haec Fabula indicat, 
 Homines machinari Perni- 
 clem Aliis fub Specie 
 Laudatlonis. 
 
 ty (f or 
 Wor 
 
 the Hare meeting the Fox 
 accufed Her vehement- 
 
 had heard her 
 rds) becaufe She had fhown 
 Him to the Dog. To whom 
 the Fox faid, O Hare, ivhy 
 do You accuft Me, when / have 
 praifed Thee fo greatly ? What 
 ivculd Toufay, if / bad difgraced 
 You ? 
 
 MOR. 
 
 This /o^/V (hows, 
 
 A&d/ ^/i* contrive Dtjlruc- 
 tion for Others z/n^r the Pretence 
 of Commendation. 
 
 FABLE CLV. 
 
 De Lepore petente Callidi- Of the Hare a/king Crafti- 
 tatem, & Vulpc Celeri- nefs, and the Fox Swift- 
 neft from J-u-tr. 
 
 THE Hart and the Fox leg- 
 ged of Jupiter ; This, 
 Ma/ He would join Siviftnefs 
 to her Craftinrfs ; That, that 
 He would join Craftineft to his 
 S-wtftnefs : To Whom Jupiter 
 thus anfwered; We have bellowed 
 G//>/ to all /'/' Crea- 
 tures, from /i? Beginning 
 of the World, ctrt o/" our mojl ll- 
 leral Bofom ; but to have given 
 All to One would have been the In- 
 jury of Others. 
 
 LEpus s? Vulpes /</#- 
 ^n/ a Jove ; Hasc, 
 / adjungerrt Ctttnfatem 
 fuz Calliditati ; I lie, / 
 adjungeret QalKditatem fuse 
 Celeritati : Q^iibus Jupiter 
 ita refpondit ; Klargiti fumus 
 Munera fingulis dn'w.anti- 
 &us, ab Origine 
 
 Mundi, r noftro nbtralffi- 
 mo Sinn ; y^^/ dtdiflTc 
 OmK/'<z Uri fuffit lu- 
 juria Aliorum. 
 
 MOR. MOR. 
 
 HJCC Fabula indicat, This Fable (hows, 
 
 efTe larglttim fua that Gad has given hit 
 
 Muncra Gifts 
 
SELECT FABLES OF JESOP. 113 
 
 Munera ita sequali Lance % 
 ut Quifgue dcbcat ejje con- 
 tentus fua SGI te. 
 
 Gifts 4t>rf y equal a Balance^ 
 that Every One ought to be con- 
 tent with bit own Lot. 
 
 FABLE CLVI. 
 
 Z)g Equo ineutto, fed 
 veloci, & cxteris irri- 
 dentibus Eum. 
 
 COmplures Equi fuerant 
 addufli ad Circenfes 
 Ludos, ornati pulcherri- 
 mis Phaleris, prajter Unum, 
 Qtiem cttteri irridebant, ut 
 incultum, &f ineptum ad 
 tale Certamen ; nee cpina- 
 bantur, futurum unquam 
 Vi6lorem. Sed ubi Tempus 
 currendi advenit, &, Sig- 
 no Tuboe data, 
 
 cunc\i exfiliere e Carcere, 
 turn demum innotuit, quanta 
 Hie paulo ante irrifus fu- 
 pcraret ceteros Velocitate ; 
 etenim, omnibus aliit relic- 
 tis pnjl Se longo intervallo, 
 affccutus tjl Palmam. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Of the Horfe 
 fivift, and / 
 ing /ffm. 
 
 but 
 mock- 
 
 MANY Horfet were 
 brought to the Circenjian 
 Games, adorned with moft beauti- 
 ful Trappings, except One y 
 Whom the reft laughed at, as 
 ugly, and urxfit for 
 
 fuch an Engagement; nor 
 think, that He would be 
 Viftor. But when 
 of running approached, z<c\&,the Sig- 
 nal of the Trumpet being given t 
 all leaped from the Goa/ t 
 lhenat/ii/2 it appeared,^ hoiu much 
 This a little before derided ex- 
 celled the reft ia Swiftnefs ; 
 for, all the others being 
 left behind Him at a long Diftance* 
 He gained the Viftory. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 f, Homines The Fable Jignijiesy that Men 
 non judicandos ex Habitu, are not to be judged by Habit t 
 fed w Virtntc. but by Virtue. 
 
 FABLE 
 
114 SELECT FABLES OF 1ESOP. 
 
 FABLE CLVII. 
 
 De Ruftico adm'iffo ad Of the Countryman admitted to 
 Jurifconfultum per Focem the Lawyer by the Voice, 
 Hxdl. of the Kid. 
 
 h'dam Rujiicui, im- 
 plicitus gravi Lite, 
 accfjfit ad quendam Jurif- 
 confultum, ut, Eo Patrono, 
 explicaret S:. At 
 
 I He impeditus aliis Nego- 
 tiij jubet renunciari, 
 Se nunc tton pnffe vaca- 
 re Illi s qua re 
 
 abiret rediturus 
 
 alias. RulHcus, 
 
 >ui fidebat El plurimura, 
 ut veteri ? fido dmico, 
 nunquam admittebatur. 
 
 Tandem deferent Hasdum 
 adbuc ladtantem, Iff 
 pingucm, Secum, ftabat ante 
 Fores Jurifperiti, & 
 
 vellicans Haedum, coegit 
 Ilium balare. Janitor, 
 
 >ui folebat admittere Eos, 
 Qui portarent Dona, ex 
 Pracepto Heri, 
 
 Voce Hsedi audit a, 
 
 illico aperient Januam, 
 jubct Homincm Intro'lre. 
 Tune Rufticus, conver- 
 fus ad Haedum, inqvif, Mi 
 Hfdule, ago Gratias Tibi, 
 )tue eifecifti has Fores tarn 
 faciles Mibi. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Fabula indicat, nullas 
 
 JRes cfTc tarn duras tf diffi- 
 
 cilcs, 
 
 A 
 
 Certain Countryman, en- 
 tangled / a heavy Suit, 
 'a/fnf to a certain Law- 
 yer, //ta/, He being Patron, 
 He might unfold Him/elf. But 
 /fo hindered wi//6 o/^tr Af- 
 fairs orders Him to be told, 
 that He now <w^j not able to be at 
 Leifure for Him ; wherefore 
 He Jhould go away to return 
 another Time. The Countryman, 
 Wbo trufted to Him very much, 
 as an old and faithful Friend t 
 never was admitted. 
 
 At length bringing a Kid 
 a,s yst fucking, and 
 
 fat, nviib Him, He flood before 
 the Doors o/" /A? Lawyer, and 
 plucking the Kid, forced 
 Him /o /(*<2/. The Porter, 
 W/&0 was wont /o <//// Thofe, 
 Wbo brought Gifts, by 
 the Command of his Mafter, 
 the Voice of the Kid being heard, 
 prefently opening the Gate, 
 orders the Man /a enter. 
 Then fta Countryman, having 
 turned to the Kid, /0/</, My 
 little Kid, I give Thanks to Thee, 
 W^o haft made thef: Doors fo 
 cafy to me. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 The Fable flows, 
 Things arc yb hard o 
 
 that no 
 
 </ diffi- 
 
 cult, 
 
SELECT FABLES OF ^SOP. 115 
 
 cilcs, Quas Munera non cult, Which Gifts do not 
 afctiunt. open. 
 
 FABLE CLVIII. 
 
 De Sene deficient e 
 
 Saxis jfuvencm 
 
 diripientem Poma Sibi. 
 
 QUidam Sencx drabat 
 Juvenem diripientem 
 Poma Sibi blandis Verbis, 
 ut defcenderet ex 
 
 Arbore, nee vcllet auferre 
 fuas Res; fed cum funde- 
 rct Verba incaffum, jfuvene 
 contemnente ejus jEtatem 
 &? Verba, inquit, Audio, 
 effe aliquam Vlrtutem non 
 tantum in Verbis^ verum 
 e tlam \ n Her bis ; igitur cccpit 
 vellere Gramen, & jacere in 
 Ilium ; Quod 'Juvenls 
 confpicatus rldebat vehe- 
 raenter, y arbitrabatur 
 Senem delirare, >ui cre- 
 deret, Se pofTe depel- 
 lere Eum ex Arbore. Tune 
 Scnex, cupiens experiri 
 Omnia, inquit, Quando Verba 
 ^ Tierbse vaAf/ Nil 
 adverfus llaptorem mearum 
 Rerum, agam Eum 
 
 Lapidibus, in >uibus quoq; 
 r//Van/ efie Vlrtutem ; & 
 jaclens Lapides, Quibus 
 implcverat Gremiuzn, cocgit 
 Ilium dcfcendere, ^ abiie. 
 
 Of the old Man driving down 
 with Stones the young Man 
 flealing Apples from Him. 
 
 A Certain old Man befought 
 a young Man flealing 
 Apples from Him withfairWords, 
 that He would defcend out of 
 the Tree, nor would take away 
 his Things ; but when He poured 
 out Words in vain, the\young Man 
 defpifing his Age 
 
 and Words, He fata*, I hear, 
 that there is fome Virtue not 
 only in Words, but 
 
 alfo in Herls ; therefore He began 
 to pull theGrafs, and to throw it at 
 Him ; Which the young Man 
 having feen laughed vehe- 
 mently, and thought. 
 the old Man to doat, Who be- 
 lieved, that He was able to drive 
 down Him out of the Tree. T^ra 
 the old Man, dejiring to try 
 a// Things, fa id, wtan Words 
 aizfl? Herbs o>flr7 Nothing 
 again/} the Stealer c/" roy 
 Things, / will drive Him 
 with Stones, in Which alfo 
 They fay that there is Virtu: ; and 
 throwing Stones, <a///A which 
 He had filled A/V ///>, he forced 
 ///'w to defcend, <7/7</ to go away. 
 
 MOR. 
 
n6 SELECT FABLES OF JESOP. 
 
 MOR, 
 
 
 MOR. 
 
 
 
 Hnrc Fabvla indicat, 
 
 This Fable 
 
 fhows. 
 
 Omni a 
 
 tentanda 
 
 that all Things are 
 
 to be 
 
 tried 
 
 Sapienti, 
 
 prinfquam 
 
 by a wife Man, 
 
 before 
 
 that 
 
 confugiat ad 
 
 Auxlltutn 
 
 He jlceth to 
 
 the 
 
 Help 
 
 Armorura. 
 
 
 of Arms. 
 
 
 
 FABLE CLIX. 
 
 De Lufcinia pollicente Of the Nightingale promt/ing 
 Accipitri Cantum pro to the Hawk a Song for 
 fud Vita. her Life. 
 
 LUfcinia comprehenfa 
 a famelico Accipitre, 
 cum intelligcret, .5V 
 
 fore devorandam Jib Eo % 
 rogabat Eum blandu, vt 
 dimittcrrt Se, polli- 
 cita, Sefe relaturam 
 
 tngentem Merccdem pro 
 tanto Beneficio. Autem cum 
 Accipiter rogaret, Quid 
 Gratia poflet referre 
 
 Sibi ; inquit, Demulcebo 
 tuas Aures du!cilusCant'\bu3. 
 Accipiter refpondit, Malo, 
 demulceas meum Ventrem ; 
 poffum vivcre f:ae tms 
 Cantibus, fed non fine 
 C'tlo. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Fabula docet, uti- This Fable teacheth, that pro- 
 
 Ha anteponenda Jitable Things are to be preferred 
 
 jucvndis. to phafant. 
 
 THE Nightingale being caught 
 by a hungry Hawk, 
 ii'hen She underftood that She 
 fhould be devoured by Him, 
 afked Him fairly, that 
 He would difmifs Her, having 
 promifed, that She would return 
 a vaft Reward for 
 
 fo great a Benefit. But tuhen 
 the Hawk ajkea* What 
 Favour She was able to return 
 to Him ; She faid, I will foften 
 thy Ears with J<weet Songs. 
 The Hawk anfwered, / had rather , 
 thou ftiotildeft foften my Belly ; 
 / am able to live without thy 
 Songs, but ncf without 
 Meat. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 F A B L F 
 
SELECT FABLES OF 
 
 FABLE CLX. 
 
 117 
 
 De Leone eligente Porcum 
 Socium Sibi. 
 
 LE O, cum vcllet 
 adfcifcere Socios Sibi, 
 & multa Animalia optarcnt 
 adjungtrc Sefe Illi. fc? 
 expofcerent Id Votis & 
 Prccibus, czteris fpretis, 
 volult in ire 
 
 Societatem folura cum Porco. 
 Autem rogatus Caufam, 
 refpondit, >uia hoc Ani- 
 mal eft adeo tidum, ut nun- 
 quam relinqueret fuos Arnicas 
 & Socios in r///o, quanturavis 
 niagno, Difcriminc. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Haec Falula 
 Amicltiam Eorum 
 dam, Oui Tempore 
 referunt 
 
 fitatis 
 
 docet, 
 
 appeten 
 Adver- 
 Pedera 
 
 a praeftando Auxilio. 
 
 Of the Lion cboojtng the Hog 
 a Companion for Hunfelf. 
 
 THE LION, >wben He would 
 get Companions to Him f elf, 
 and man\' Animals tu'iflxcl 
 to join Tbtrnfcl-vcs to Him, and 
 required It with 4 Vovvs ami 
 Prayers, the others being defpifcd, 
 He w as willing to enter into 
 Society only ivilh the Hog. 
 But being afked the Caufe, 
 He anfwerc-d, Btcaitfi this Ani- 
 mal is TO faithful, that He ne- 
 ver tur/iihl tca-ve his Friends 
 and Companions in 'cy,. altho' 
 great) Danger. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 This ^a3/<? teaches, 
 
 that the Friendfhip of thofe is to It 
 dejtred. Who in the Time of Ad- 
 vcrfity </9 o/ /r^w ^a^ a Foot 
 yVom affording Aff.ftance. 
 
 FABLE CLXI. 
 
 De Ciiiice petente Cibum & 
 Hofpitium ab Ape. 
 
 CUM Culcx hyberno 
 Tempore conjicerct, Se 
 periturum Frigore & 
 Fame, acceffit ad Alvearia 
 Apum petens Cibum B 5 
 Hofpitium ab Eis ; ^a.? 
 fi fi'lffct confecutut ab /J 
 pro- 
 
 O/" the Gnat a/king Meat 
 Lodging of the Bee. 
 
 WHen ^^ Gna^ in theWlnler 
 Time conjcfturtd, that He 
 fliould perifh tuitb Cold and 
 Hunger, He went to the Hives 
 of the Bees ajiing Meat and 
 Lodging from Them ; Which 
 if Ht Jhould obtain from Them 
 He pro- 
 
uS SELECT FABLES OF JESOP. 
 
 promittebat, Se edofturura 
 J^ilios Eorum Artem 
 
 Muficae. Tune qusedam 
 Apis refpondit, At Ego 
 mallem, quod met Liberi 
 edifcant incam Artem, Q^uae 
 potent eximere Eos a 
 Pertculo Famis if Frigoris. 
 
 He promifed, that He would teach 
 the Children of Them the Art 
 of Mufick. Then a certain 
 Bee anfwered, But I 
 
 had rather, that w_y Children 
 Jbould learn my ^//-/, Which 
 'will be able to exempt Them from 
 /^ Danger of Hunger on*/ Cold. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Hsec Fabula admonet This 
 nos, ut erudiamus noftros Us, that 
 Liberos his Artibus, 
 valent vindicare Eos 
 Inopia. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 admonifhes 
 itiflrufl our 
 
 Children in thofe yfr/j, Which 
 are able /o defend Them yrowj 
 Want. 
 
 FABLE CLXII. 
 
 De Afino Tuliclne, & 
 Lepore Tabellario. 
 
 LEO, Rex Quadrupe- 
 durn, fugnaturus 
 
 adverfus Volucres, inflruebat 
 fuas Acies : Autem inter- 
 rogatus ab Urfo, Quid Iner- 
 tia AJini, ant Timidi- 
 tas Leporis conferret Vidto- 
 liam i, C*uos ccrnebat 
 adefle ibi inter Cfttrot, 
 refpondit, Afmus, 
 
 Clangore fu<e Tubs, 
 concitabit Milites ad 
 
 Pugnam ; vero JLepus fan- 
 <?etur Officio Tabeliarii 
 ob Celeritatem Pedura. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Fabula Jtgnificat, Ncmi- 
 yjni eJTi adeo eontempttbikm, 
 
 CMli 
 
 Of the Afs //je Trumpeter, and 
 //6f /Tari? the Letter-Carrier. 
 
 THE L,ion,/ta.S r ;'n i 2'ofthefour- 
 footed Beaftsj about to fight 
 sgainfl the Birds, difpoied 
 his Troops : But being afk- 
 ed by the Bear, How the Slug- 
 giflinefs of the Afs, or the Fearful- 
 nefs of the Hare would bringV\ta- 
 ry to Him, Whom He fatu 
 to be prefent there among the reft, 
 He anfwertd, The Afs, 
 with the Sound of his Trumpet, 
 ivi/l roufe the Soldiers to 
 the Fight ; but the Hare will per- 
 form the Office of a Letter-Bearer 
 thro' the Svuiftnefs of his Feet. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 The Fable fignifies, that no 
 
 One is fo contemptible, 
 
 Who 
 
SELECT FABLES OF jESOP. 119 
 
 Qm non poffit prodefle Nobis Who cannot be profitable to Us 
 in allqua Re. iafome Thing. 
 
 FABLE CLXIII. 
 
 De Accipitribus Inimicit 
 inter Se, Quos 
 
 Colwnbe compofuerunt. 
 
 ACcipitres laimici inter 
 5tf decertabant quotiJ'te, 
 & occupati fuis Invidiis 
 minime inftjlabant alias 
 Aves. Columbas dolentes, 
 IjCgatis tnffis, compofuere 
 oj .- Sed ////, ubi /KH/ 
 effefti Am'tcl inter ^, 
 non definebant vexare & 
 occiJere casteras imbecilliores 
 Aves, y maxime Cotumbas. 
 Turn CoUimbx dicebant, 
 Quanta trat Difcordia 
 Accipitrum melior Nobis, 
 ^w^ffz Concordia. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Haec Fabula admonet, 
 Odia malorum Civium 
 inter ^ potiue altn- 
 da t quam extinguetula, tit, 
 dum certant inisr 
 
 Se, permlttant bonos 
 fires vivere quiete. 
 
 Of the Hawks Enemies 
 among Themfelves t Whom 
 the D;i'fs reconciled. 
 
 THE Hawks Enemies among 
 Themfel'ves contended daily t 
 and bitfed with their own Enmities 
 they very little infejled the other 
 Birds. The Doves grieving^ 
 Ambafladors be tag fent, reconciled 
 Them : But They, wher. They were 
 made Friends among Themfehes^ 
 did not leave off to -vex and 
 kill the' other weaker 
 
 Birds, and moftly the 
 Then the Doves 
 
 By hoiu much was the 
 of the Hawks Letter 
 than their Agreement. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 This Fable admonilhes, 
 that the Hatreds of bad Citizen: 
 among Themfelves rather are to be 
 nourijked than extingui/bcd, that, 
 ivbiljl They contend among 
 Themfelves, They may permit good 
 Men to live quietly* 
 
 Doves. 
 (aid, 
 
 Difcord 
 to Us, 
 
 FABLE 
 
120 SELECT FABLES OF JESOP. 
 FABLE CLX1V. 
 
 Da Senc wienie 
 re Mortem. 
 
 differ- 
 
 QUidam Senex rogabat 
 ^-- Mortem, Q^ae advenerat 
 crept ura Eum e 
 
 Vita, ut deferrety 
 
 dum conderet fuum 
 
 Tcjiamentum, & prgpararet 
 caetcra neceffana ad 
 
 tantum Iter. Cj 
 
 Mors inquit, Cur monitus 
 toties fl Me now prapardjli 
 Tc ? -EV, cum ///< dice ret, 
 <?KO</ nunquam viderat Earn 
 Liniea, inquit, C'wm quoti- 
 die rapicbam non wzo^o tuos 
 JEquales, Quorum JVw//i 
 fere j am reftant, verum 
 etiam jfwucnes, Pueros, cf 
 Infantes, nonne admombam 
 Te iua Mortalitatis ? Cum 
 fentitbas tuos Oculos 
 tabffcere, tuum Audit urn 
 miriui, & tuos cfftercs 
 Scnfus dejicere indies, nonne 
 dicebam Tibi, Me tjje 
 propinquam ? & negas, 
 Te ^ admonitum ? 
 yr/ar/f non eft Jffircndum 
 ulterius. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 HJEC Fabula. indicat, quod 
 debemus vi-vere, quafi^/>wy5;r 
 cernamus Jllsrtem adeffe. 
 
 0/the old Man being willing to 
 defer Death. 
 
 A Certain old Man afked 
 Death, Wiio came 
 
 to fnatch Him out of 
 Life, that #<? would defer it, 
 till ft nW<; his 
 
 Willy and prepared 
 
 the other necejjary Things for 
 _/o ^rraf a Journey. To whom 
 Death faid, Why warmd fo 
 often y Me A<7^ /0a no/ prepared 
 Thyfelf? Md, when ft faid, 
 that He never Aa</ feen Him 
 fo/o/v, He faid, When dai- 
 ly / fnatched away not o/y thy 
 Equals, of Which 2Vc<r 
 almoft wow remain, but 
 alfo Toung Men, Boys, and 
 Infants, did not I admonijb 
 Thee of thy Mortality ? When 
 Thou perceivedft thine Eyes 
 /0 ^row //TOT, thy Hearing 
 to be leflened, and thy C//VT 
 Senfcs /o decay daily, did I not 
 fay to Thee, that I was 
 near ? and ^/? Thou deny, 
 that Thou /&<?/? been admonifhed ? 
 wherefore it is not /o fo deferred 
 longer. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 This Fable fliows, that 
 We ought to //w as if always 
 We faw Death to be prefer.t. 
 
 FABLE 
 
SELECT FABLES OF JESOP. 
 FABLE CLXV. 
 
 121 
 
 D Avaro Viro alloquente 
 Sacculum Nummi. 
 
 QUidam a-varus Vir 
 moriturus, & relic- 
 turus ingentem Acervum 
 Aureorum male partum, 
 intcrrogabat Sacculum 
 
 Nummorum, Quern jvjjtt 
 affcrri Sibi, Q^ibus 
 
 ejjet allaturus Voluptatem ? 
 Cui Sacculus inquit, Tuis 
 Haeredibus, >ui profun- 
 dent Nammos quasiitos a 
 Tc tanto Sudore, in 
 Scortis Cs" Conviviis ; 3* 
 Dsemonibus, Qui manci- 
 pabunt tuam Animam 
 tfternis Suppliciis. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Haec Fabula indicat ej/e 
 ftultiffimum labor are 
 
 in Eis, Q^ias ftnt 
 allatura Gaudium Aliis, 
 aulem Tormenta Nobls. 
 
 Of the covetous Man fpeaking to 
 the Bag of Money. 
 
 A Certain covetous Man 
 about to die, and about to 
 leave a vaft Heap 
 
 of golden Pieces /// gotten, 
 ajked a Bag 
 
 of Monies , which be commanded 
 to be brought to Him, to whom 
 He <was about to bear Pleafure ? 
 To Whom the Bag faid, To thine 
 Heirs, Who will 
 
 fpend the Monies gotten by 
 Thee with fo great Sweat, upon 
 Whores and Feafts ; and 
 to the Devils, Who will tor- 
 ment thy Soul 
 with eternal Punifhments. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 This Fable (hows it to be 
 a mod foolifh Thing to labour 
 in thofe Things, Which may be 
 about to bear Joy to Others, 
 but Torments to Us. 
 
 FABLE 
 
122 SEL-ECT FABLES OF 
 
 F A B L E CLXVI. 
 
 De Vulpe &? Capro. 
 
 VUlpes y Caper fiti- 
 bundi defcenderiint in 
 <juendam Puteum ; in Quo 
 cum perlibiffent, Vulpes 
 ait Capro circumfpicienti 
 Reditutn, Caper, elto bono 
 Animo, namq; excogitavi, 
 quo paflo nterquc Jinius 
 reduces. Siquidem Tu 
 friges Te refitim, prior ibus 
 Pedibus admotis ad 
 
 Parietcm, 9" reclinabis 
 tua Cornua, Mcnto addnfto 
 ad Ptcl:us, Ego tranfiliens 
 per tua Terga & Cornua, 
 & evadens extra Ptittitm, 
 educam Te ifthinc 
 
 pojlea, Cujtis Conjilio 
 
 Capro kabente Fidem, atq; 
 obtemperante, ut Ilia jubc* 
 bat, Ipfa profiliit e Puteo, 
 *c deinde geftiebat pre 
 Gaudio in Margine Putei, 
 & ex-ultabat, habens Nihil 
 Curac de Hirco. Caterum, 
 cum incufaretur ab Hirco, 
 lit fdtfraga, refpondit, 
 .Enimvero, Hirce, ft eflet 
 Tibi tan turn Senfus in 
 J\Iente quantum ejl 
 
 Setarum in Mento, r.on tle- 
 fcendtffes in Puteum, 
 
 priufquam habul/fes cxp'.o- 
 ratum dc Redifu, 
 
 Of the Fox and the He-Goat. 
 
 A FOX andzGoz\.ldng thir- 
 Jly defcended into 
 a certain Well ; in Which 
 when They had well drank, the Fox 
 fays to the Goat looting about for 
 a Return, Goat, be o/" good 
 Cheer, for I have thought 
 by 'what Means \Ve both wy ^* 
 brought back. If truly Thou 
 v/7.' /// ly/rrhyfelf^rfl/Vjthy fore- 
 Feet being fet to 
 
 the Wall, and wilt lean forward 
 /Ay Horns, /Aj Chin being drawn 
 to thy Breaft, / leaping 
 over thy Sack and Horns, 
 and efcaping out of /Ae /JV/ 
 will bring out TA<v thence 
 afterwards. To whofe Counfcl 
 the Goat having Faith, oJ 
 obeying, flj She com- 
 manded ', She leaped out of /A* #W/, 
 and then jumped for 
 
 Joy upon the Brink o/" / Well, 
 and rejoiced, having na 
 Care of the Goat. /?/, 
 
 when She tvas accufed by the Goat, 
 as a League- Breaker, She anfwercd , 
 Indeed Goat, // there had been 
 / 77'^ as much of Senfe in 
 thy Mind as //v/v w 
 of Hairs on thy Chin, thou wculdjl 
 not have defcended into the Well, 
 before that thou hadjl examin- 
 ed about a Return. 
 
 MOR. 
 
SELECT FABLES OF JESOP. 
 
 Mo*. 
 
 Haec Fabula innuit, 
 pritdentem Virum delere 
 explorarc Finem, antequam 
 venlet ad peragendam Rem. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 This Fable hints, 
 
 that a prudent Man ought 
 to examine the End, before that 
 He tomes to do the Thing. f 
 
 FABLE CLXVII. 
 
 De Gallis cf Pcrdice. Of the Cocks an</ the Partridge. 
 
 CU M Shtidam haberet 
 GW/wJDomi, mercatus ejl 
 Perdicem, 5" dedit am 
 in Societatem Gallorum 
 alendam, & faginandam 
 Una tarn Zis. Galli 
 
 g'i/7"* P ro &" mordebant 
 ' abigebant Earn. Autem 
 Perdix affliclabatur apud 
 Se, exi/limaas talia 
 
 inferri Sibi a Gallis, 
 quod fuum Genus efiet 
 alienum ab Illorum Genere. 
 ^i?ro ubi won multo />o/2 
 afpcxit ///oj pugnantes 
 inter Se, ef mutuo 
 percutientcs, recreata a 
 Mcerore tff Triftitia, inquit, 
 Equidem pofl Hasc non af- 
 flifiabor amplius, widens Eos 
 dimicantct etiam inter Se. 
 
 MOR, 
 
 Hzc Falula 
 prudentes Viros 
 
 nnuit, 
 ferre 
 
 Contumeliq* illatas <a Alie- 
 nigenis, J^MOJ vident K<> 
 abftinere a5 Injuria 
 uomffticorun, 
 
 w 
 
 HEN a certain Man had 
 Cocls9X.llom*,fy bought 
 
 a Partridge, a^/ gave ^' 
 into the Company of the Cocks 
 to be fed, and fattened 
 together with Them. The Cocks 
 every one for liimfelf bit 
 and drore asvay .//. But 
 the Partridge was afflicted <with 
 Herfeif, thinking that fuch things 
 were offered to Her by the Cocks, 
 becaufe her AtW was 
 
 different from Mf/r Kind. 
 j8?// v/hen o/ much after 
 She faw TAfnj fighting 
 amongjl Thcmfelves, and mutually 
 Jlriking t recovered from 
 
 Grief and Sadnefs, She faid, 
 Truly after thcfe Things I /hall 
 not be afflicted more, feeing Them 
 fighting even amongjl Themfelves. 
 
 Mop.. 
 
 This Frtifc hints, 
 
 that prudent Men cw^f to bear 
 the Contumelies offered by Fo- 
 reigners, Whom They fee not 
 to abftairi from the Injury 
 of their own Countrymen. 
 
 R 
 
 FABLE 
 
!2 4 SELECT FABLES OF JESOP. 
 
 F A B L^E CLXVIII. 
 
 Dt JACTATORE. 
 
 QUidam V":r pcrcgrina- 
 tus aliquandiu, cum 
 i'nijjet reverfus Domum 
 Uerum, cum jaftabundus 
 przdtcaret tnu/ta aiia gejla 
 a Se viriliter in diverfis Re- 
 gionibus, turn vero Id max'i- 
 mt, quod Rhodi fuperaf- 
 fet Omnes faliendo : Rho- 
 illos, Qui ad fuer ant, efle 
 Teftei ejufdem Ret : 
 UP, us E or urn, 
 
 Qui aderant, refpondens illi 
 inquit, O ffcmo, fi IJlud eft 
 vertim. Quod ioqucris, Qjjid 
 0/wj eft Ti3 Teftibus? 
 Ecce Rhodium ! Ecce hie 
 Certamen faliendi ! 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Hasc Falula indicat, 
 quod, ubi vera Teftiinonia 
 adfunt, eft n/'A/V Opus 
 Pcrbis. 
 
 Of the BOASTER. 
 
 A Certain Man having travel- 
 led a long while, when 
 He was returned Home 
 again, loth boafting 
 
 told many other Things carried on 
 by Him manfully in divers Re- 
 gions, and truly That efpeci- 
 ally, that at Rhodes He had ex- 
 celled All in leaping \ that tkeRho- 
 dians, Who had teen prefent, were 
 IVitncJjes of the fame Thing : 
 One of Them, 
 
 Who ivere prefcnt, anfwering him 
 fait/, O Man, if 7^<7/ is 
 true, Which you fpsak, What 
 Need is there /o 7"ou of Witneffes ? 
 Behold a Rhodian ! Btkeld here 
 <? Trnz/ of leaping. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 This Fable fliows, 
 
 that, where /r^ Teflimonies 
 
 are prefent, there is no Need 
 of Words. 
 
 FABLE 
 
 CLX1X. 
 
 De Viro tent ante 
 
 Of the Man tempting 
 
 Apollinem. 
 
 Apollo. 
 
 Q 
 
 Uidam facinorcfus Vir 
 contulit Se Delfhos 
 tentaturus dpoltinem, & 
 
 Pafierculum /i 
 Pallio. .<2flB tenebat fuo 
 Pugno, 
 
 A Certain wicked Mar. 
 betook Himfclf to Delpho: 
 about to tempt Apollo, and 
 having a Sparrow under 
 his Cloak, Which He held in hh 
 Fift, 
 
SELECT FABLES OF ^SOP. 125 
 
 Ptigno, 5* accedens ad 
 Tripodas, interrogabat Eum 
 dicens i Quod habeo in med 
 Dextra, vivitne, an ejl 
 mortuum ? Prolaturus Paf- 
 ferculum vivum, fi Ills re- 
 fpondifiet, mortuum : rurfus 
 prolaturus mortuum, ft 
 refpondiflet, vivum ; etenim 
 occidiffct Eum Jlatim 
 fub Pallia clam, privfqitam 
 proferret. At Deus, 
 intelligent fnbdolam Calli- 
 ditatem Hominis, dixil, 
 O ConfuJtor, facito Utrum 
 mavis facer e ; 
 
 ctenira ejl penes Te ; 3* 
 proferto Jive vivum, Jive 
 mortuum, Quod habes in 
 tuis Manil/us. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Haec F alula inn lift, M'- 
 hil latcre, neque fallerc 
 divinam Men tern. 
 
 Fift, and going to 
 
 the Trevet, He afied Him 
 faying. What / have in my 
 Right Hand, livetb it, or is it 
 dead? About to pluck forth theSpar- 
 row alive t if He had an- 
 fwered, dead : again 
 
 a If out to pluck it forth dead, if 
 He had anfwertd, alive ; for 
 He would have killed It prefently 
 under the Cloak privily, lefort that 
 He plucked it out. But tlie God, 
 undemanding the deceitful Craf- 
 tinefs of the Man, ///, 
 O Confulter, do Thou Whether 
 Thou art more willing to do ; 
 for ;'/ is in the Power of T/>ce ; ana 
 pluck out either alive, or 
 dead, What Thou haft in 
 thy /AWj. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 This FaWe hints, //R/ai No- 
 thing lies hid from, nor deceives 
 the divine Mind. 
 
 FABLE CLXX. 
 
 De Pifcatore Of Snaaride. Of the Fifherman an</ the Sprat. 
 
 /~\Uu3am Pifcator, Retibus 
 ^^^ dimi/Jis in Mare, 
 extulit pufillam Smaridem, 
 ^^ He obfecrabat Pifcato- 
 rem ; Noli capere Me tarn 
 pufillam in pmfentid ; fine 
 Me abire f crcfcere 
 ut poftea psiiaris 
 
 Me ^if adulta cum tnajori 
 Commodo. Cut PiJ'ca- 
 cor 
 
 A Certain Ft/herman, his Nets 
 &?/// /<;/ i/own into the Sec, 
 brought out a fmall Sprat, 
 Which thus befuught the Fifher- 
 man; Be not 'willing to take Me fo 
 little at prefent ; fuffcr 
 Tkf^ to go away, and to grow, 
 that afterwards Thou mavjl obtain 
 Me fo grow a up with greater 
 Advantage* To whom the Fifh- 
 erman 
 
126 SELECT FABLES OF ^ESOP. 
 
 ter inquit, Fero Ego ejfem erman faid, But I ftould be 
 
 amens, Ji omitterem mad, if I fhould omit 
 
 Lucrum licet exiguum, Qjiod a Gain altho' fmall, Which 
 
 habeo inter meas Maims, I have between my Hands, 
 
 Spc futuri Boni for the Hope of a future Good 
 
 yuamvls magni. a/fko' great. 
 
 MOR. MOR. 
 
 HxcFabu/a indicat Eum This Fable fiiov/s Him 
 
 efle Jlolidum, Qui fropter to be fooll/b, Who for 
 
 Sjpcm niajoris Commodi Hope of a greater Advantage 
 
 non ampleSitur Rem $5* does not embrace a Thing both 
 
 praefcntem ff ccrtam, licet prefent and certain, although 
 
 pnrvam. fmall. 
 
 FABLE CLXXI. 
 
 jDe Equo y Afino. 
 
 Vtr habebat 
 Equu;n & Afinum ; 
 autem dum faciunt Iter, 
 Afinus inquit Eqno, Si 
 vis, Me efle falvum, 
 leva /f/tf Parte met Oneris : 
 Equo non obfequente Jllius 
 J^criis, Afnuis eadetis Tub 
 Onifr^ tnoritur. Twt Do- 
 minus jfumenterum imponit 
 Equo oranes Sarcinas, 
 Q^uas S/Jinuf portabat, W 
 fimul Corium, Quod 
 exuerat a roor/wo 
 
 Afino : ^ao Onere 
 
 Equui deprefius 5* gemens 
 ijat/, Vae -/T//7j; infclicifii- 
 mo 'Jumtntorum / Q^iid 
 //fl/ cvenit mifero 
 
 Mihi ! A^OT recufans 
 farttn:, nuns ^cr/o totum 
 
 O/ the Horfe / the Afs. 
 
 A Certain A/an had 
 
 a /Tflr/f and an Afs ; 
 but whiljl they make a Journey, 
 the Afs y<2)'j to the Horfe, If 
 You are willing, that I be //"?, 
 lighten Tiff of a Part of my Burden : 
 The Horfe not obeying His 
 Words, the Afs falling under 
 //k Burden dies. T^ the Ma- 
 fter </" /Af ^a^j puts on 
 the Horfe all the Packs, 
 Which the Afs carried, and 
 at the fame Time the Hide, Which 
 He kadjlripped off from the dead 
 Afs : With which Burden 
 the Horfe depreffcd and groaning 
 faid, Woe to Me moft un- 
 happy of Beajls ! What 
 an Evil has happened to <wretched 
 Me ! For refilling 
 
 a Partf now / carry the whole 
 
Onus, Si 
 Corium. 
 
 SELECT FABLES OF ^ESOP. 127 
 
 infufer Illius Burden^ and moreover his 
 
 Illius Burden> 
 Hide. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Hsec Fabula innult, 
 
 This 
 
 MOR. 
 Fable 
 
 hint?, 
 
 majores debere effe Parti- that the greater ought to be Par- 
 cipes in minoribus Lubori- takers in the lefler La- 
 
 btts, ut 
 
 incolumes. 
 
 Ut, 
 
 77; 
 
 Cnt 
 
 boars 
 fofi- 
 
 that Both may be 
 
 FABLE CLXXII. 
 
 De TUBICISE. 
 
 QUidam Tubicen, inter- 
 ceptus ab Hoftibus in 
 Militia, proclamabat ad Eos t 
 (3iii circamjijlebant, O Viri % 
 Nolite Deciders Me innocuum 
 8c infonlem ; etenim nun- 
 quam occidi Ullum ; quippe 
 habev Nihil aliud, quam 
 hanc Tnbanft. Ad Quem 
 Illi refponderunt vicij/im 
 cum Clamore ; Veto "Tu 
 trticidabcria magis hoc 
 *Pf * quod rim 
 
 Tu Ipfe nequeas 
 
 Jimicare, potes im/ellere 
 Csteros aJ Certamen. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 HSEC Fabula innuit, 
 y^ peccant prater csteros, 
 -Q^ii perfuadent malis ff 
 improbis Principibus ad 
 agendum inique. 
 
 O/" the. TRUMPETER. 
 
 A Certain Tramfeler, ta- 
 ken 3y the Enemies in 
 the War, trW oaf to Them, 
 Who y?oo</ about, O A/^n, 
 Be not willing to kill Me harntlefs 
 and innocent ; for n<r- 
 
 r#r have 1 killed any On? ; for 
 / have Nothing elfe, than. 
 this Trumpet. To- Whom. 
 
 They a n f we red in Turn 
 with a Noife ; But Thou 
 /halt be flain rather on this 
 /an<? Account ; becaufe when 
 "Thou Thyfelf can'ft not 
 j%/, Thou art able to drive 
 the Reft /o the Engagement. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 This Fable hint*, 
 
 that They fin beyond Others, 
 Who perfuade bad and 
 wicked Princes to 
 
 a3 wnjudly. 
 
 FABLE 
 
123 SELECT FABLES OF JESOP. 
 FABLE CLXXIII. 
 
 De Vaticinatore. 
 
 Vdticinator fedens in 
 Foro fertnocinabatur ; 
 Cui Shtidam denunciat, 
 Ejus Fores effe effraclas, 
 3* Omnia direpta, 
 
 Quae fuifftnt in Domo. 
 Vaticinator, generis & 
 proper ans Curfu, recipiebat 
 Se Domum : Quern 
 
 >uidam iutuens cur- 
 rentem, inquit, T\), >ui 
 promittis, Te divinaturum 
 aliena Negotia, certe Ipfe 
 non divina/li tua. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Hasc Falitla fpciSat ad 
 Eos, Qui non rede ad- 
 nHniltraiites yL^/ Res, 
 conantur providcre & 
 confulere sJi'.cnis, QjJse 
 non pertinent ad oj-. 
 
 Of the Fortune-teller. 
 
 A Fortune -teller fitting in 
 the Market difcourfed ; 
 To whom <}* declares, 
 Ma/ bis Doors were broke open, 
 and all Things taken atuay t 
 Which had been in the Houfe. 
 The Fortune-teller, Jtglnng and 
 hafting in his Pace, betook 
 Himfelf .fiW .- Whom 
 
 a certain Man perceiving run- 
 ning, ("aid, Thou, /Pfo 
 promifelt, that Thou wilt divine 
 cr/jfrj' Affairs, furely Thyfclf 
 bajl not divined thine own. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 This Fable looks to 
 Them, Who, not rightly ad- 
 minillering *A'r oiun Affairs, 
 endeavour to forefee and 
 co nf u it 'for other Men's t \Vhich 
 do not belong to Them. 
 
 FABLE CLXXIV. 
 
 De Puero & Matre. 
 
 QUidam /"ufr in Schold 
 furaius Libellum, 
 
 attulit yi/<f Matri ; a 
 Qua non caftigatus, quo- 
 tidie furabatur magis atque 
 rnagis ; Autem ProgreJJu 
 Temporis ccepit furari 
 majcra. Tandem depre- 
 henfus 
 
 0/"the Boy and his Mother. 
 
 A Certain Boy in School 
 having ftolen a little Book, 
 brought it to his Mother ; by 
 Whom not being chaftifed, dai- 
 ly He ftolc more and 
 more ; But in Progrefs 
 of Time He began to fleat 
 greater Things. At laft being ap- 
 prehended 
 
SELECT FABLES OF JESOP. 129 
 
 henfus a Magiftratu, diice- 
 batur ad Supplicium. Fero 
 Mat re fequente, ac vocij'e- 
 rante, Ille rogavit, ut llce- 
 r:t Sibi loqui paulifper cum 
 Ea ad Aurem. Illo per- 
 mi flb, 3* Matie proper ante, 
 & admovente Aurem W Os 
 Filii, evdlfit Slitrifulam 
 Matrts fuis Dentibus. 
 Cum Mater, & cseteri, 
 >ui adftabant, increparent 
 Eum, non modo ut Furem, 
 fed etiam, ut impinm in 
 fuam Parentem, inquit, H<ec 
 fuit Caufa tnei Exitii ; 
 etenim Ji caftigaffet Me ob 
 Libtllum, Q^iem furatus fum 
 prius, fecijftm Nil ultefius ; 
 mine due or ad Supplicium. 
 
 prebended by tbeMagi/irate, He was 
 led /o Punifhmcnt. But 
 the Mother following, and crying, 
 He a/bed, that ;'/ m/f/fo ^ /a-a;- 
 _// for Him /o j^ea^ a little ivitk 
 Her r her Ear. He being per- 
 mitted, an</ the Mother haftening, 
 and moving her Ear to tht Mouth 
 of the Son, He tore off the Ear 
 of his Mother ivith his Teeth. 
 IV hen the Mother and the Others, 
 Who flood about, blamed 
 Him, not only oj a Thief, 
 but alfo, aj impious to 
 his Parent, He faid, Sta 
 was the Caufe of my Dejlrufiion ; 
 for //She had chaftifed Me for 
 f/k /////tf 5oo^, Whifh / /<?/; 
 fir ft, / had done Nothing further ; 
 now / am led to Punijhment. 
 
 Hxc 
 
 quod 
 
 MOR. MOR. 
 
 Fabula indicat, This Fable 
 
 /hows, 
 
 non coercentur that They Who are not rejirained 
 
 inter Inltia peccandi, 
 evadunt ad majorq Flagitia. 
 
 at the Beginnings of intino r , 
 go on to greater Crimes. 
 
 FABLE CLXXV. 
 
 De Hircis &f Capellis. 0/thcHeGoats0n</theSheGoats, 
 
 CU M Capellm obtmu- 
 iflent Barbam a Jove, 
 Hirci caperunt offendi, 
 qula Mulieres haberent 
 parem Honorem cum Eis. 
 Jupiter inquit, Sinite Illas 
 frui vana Gloria, 3* 
 ufurparc Ornatum veftra: 
 
 WWEKtheSkeGoats had ob- 
 tained aBeardfvom Jupiter, 
 the He-Goats^anto be offended, 
 becaufe the Females /5a</ 
 equal Honour with !TA<fw. 
 Jupiter yi/V, Suffer ye Them 
 to enjoy /^ vain Glory, and 
 to ufurp the Ornament of your 
 
SELECT FABLES OF JESOP. 
 
 Dignitat'is, dum non equent Dignity, whilft They do not equal 
 veftram Vtrtutem. your Virtue. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 This Fable teaches j"hee t 
 that thou mafjlbear Thofe to ufurp 
 _ thy Ornament , Who arc 
 
 inferiores Tibi in yirtute. inferiors to Thee in Virtue. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Hasc Fabula cdocet 7V, 
 ut feras Illos ufurpare 
 tuum Ornatum, Qui funt 
 
 FABLE CLXXVI. 
 
 De Filio cujufdam Senis 
 Sif Leone. 
 
 .Uidam &zcr habebat 
 
 unicum Filium gcr.t- 
 
 jpiritus, 
 
 Q 
 
 rg^ Spiritus, $5f Amatorem 
 'venaticorum Canum. Viderat 
 Hunc per Quictem trucidart 
 a Leone. Igitur terrifus, 
 ne _/or/^ aliquando Eventus 
 fequeretur hoc Somnium, 
 extruxit quandam polit-if]:- 
 mam, & amcnifjimam 
 Domni ; inducens Filium 
 Z//WT, affiduus Cujlos ade- 
 rat ////. Depinxerat 
 
 Domo omne Genus Ani- 
 malium ad Deledlationern 
 Filu, cum Quibus etiam 
 Leonem. Adolefcens in- 
 fpiciens H^c, contrahebat 
 Moleftiam Eo magi 3. 
 Autem quod am Tempore, 
 adftans prcpius Leoni, 
 inquit t O truculent i/Jima 
 Fera, affervor in hac 
 Domo proptcr inane 
 Somnium met Patris : Quid 
 faciam Tibi ? Et it a di- 
 cens, 
 
 0/"thc Son of a certain old Man 
 and a Lion. 
 
 A 
 
 Certain elderly Man 
 an only Son o/" a 
 
 had 
 
 rous Spirit, and a Lover 
 of bunting Dogs. He tad fee* 
 Him in a Dream to be hilled 
 by a Lion. Therefore afraid, 
 left by Chance fornetime an Evert 
 fhould follow this Dream, 
 He built a certain very 
 fine, and mojl pleafant 
 
 Ho life ; bringing his Son 
 thither, a daily Guardian was pre- 
 fent to Him. He had painted 
 in the Houfe every Kind of Ani- 
 mal? for the Delight 
 of his Son,, with U r h':ch alfo 
 a jL/cn. The Youth /oo>- 
 f'/?f OK thefe Things, contraSed 
 Trouble by fo much the more. 
 But on a certain TVw, 
 ftanding nearer to the Lion, 
 flfe /rt/V, O moft cruel 
 wild Bead, / am hj>t up in this 
 Honfe for a vain 
 
 Dream of my Father : What 
 (hall I do /a Thee ? And > fay- 
 ing, 
 
SELECT FABLES OF ^SOP. 131 
 
 cent, incujjit Manum 
 Parieti, volens truer e 
 
 Oculum Leonis, & offende- 
 bat in Clavo> Qtii latebat 
 illic, qua Percuffione 
 Manus emarcuit, & Sanies 
 fuccrevit, & Febris fubfc- 
 cuta eft, 3" brcvi Tempore 
 raortmis eft. Ita Leo 
 occ'idlt Adolcfcentem, Artt 
 Patris jvvante Nihil. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 HJCC Fabitla indicat, 
 Neminctn poffe dcvitarc 
 $ht<g funt Ventura. 
 
 ing, He Jlrucli his Hand 
 on the lall t willing to pluck out 
 the Eye of the Lion, and Us hit 
 it on a Nail, Which lai hid 
 there, with which Blow 
 the 'Hand rankled, and the Matter 
 grew undtr, and a Fever fol- 
 lowed, and in a (hurt Time 
 He died. Thus the Lioa 
 killed the Youth, the Art 
 of the Father availing Nothing. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 This Fable fliows, 
 
 that no Man is able to avoid 
 
 thofe Things Which arc to come. 
 
 FABLE CLXXVII. 
 
 De Vulpe * Rubo. 
 
 VUlpes, cum afcende- 
 ret quondam Sepem, 
 ut vitaret Periculum 
 gtuod yjdebat imminere Sibi, 
 comprehendit Rubum 
 
 Manibus, atquc perfodit 
 Volam Senti- 
 
 tus ; Sc cum foret 
 faucia graviter, inquit, ge- 
 raens, Rule, Citm confuge- 
 rim ad Te, lit juve- 
 ris Me, Tu nocuifli 
 Mihi. Cut Rubus ait t 
 Vul^pes, errdjiiy Qjuae 
 pittajll capere Me pa- 
 ri Dolo quo confuevi- 
 Jli capere cetera. 
 
 Of the Fox and the Bramble, 
 
 THE Fox, when She got up 
 upon a certain Hedge, 
 that She might avoid a Danger 
 Which She faw to hang over Her, 
 catched hold of a Bramble 
 with her Hands, and pricked 
 the Hollow of her Hand with the 
 Thorns ; and when She was 
 wounded grievoufly, /he faid, groan- 
 ing, to the Bramble, When I have 
 fled to Thee, that Thou mightejl 
 have helped Me, Thou haft hurt 
 Me.. To whom the Bramble fays, 
 O Fox, Thou haft erred. Who 
 hajl thought to take Me with the 
 like Deceit with which Thou hajl 
 tifed to take other Things. 
 
 MOR, 
 
SELECT FABLES OF &SOP. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Fabula ftgnificat t quod 
 fjl ft u It u m implorarc 
 
 Auxilium ah Illis, Quibus 
 eit datum a Naturti potius 
 obifft, quam prodcjft. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 The Fable fignijit;, that 
 it is a foolifh Thing to implore 
 Help from Them, to IVbom 
 it is given by Nature rather 
 to hurt, than to profit. 
 
 FABLE CLXXVIII. 
 
 Z)<f Vulpe 5" CrOcodilo. 0/"the Fox aK<i the Crocodile. 
 
 VUlpes tf Crocodilus 
 contendebant de 
 
 Nobilitate. Cum Crococli- 
 ,'vs adduce ret Malta pro 
 .SV, & /</c?rt/- 
 /w^ra Mod urn </<; 
 
 Splendore fuorum Proge- 
 nitorum ; Vldpti fubridsus, 
 alt Ei, Hens, Amice, 
 r^ quidem Tu non dix- 
 eris f/Gf, apparet 
 
 dare ex /> Corio, quid jam 
 inultis Annis f u 'fii de- 
 nudatus Splendore tiwrum 
 Progenitor urn. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Fabula fignificat, quod 
 /? ipfa potif/imuTH rcfellit 
 r,t>u/ncei Homines. 
 
 THE Fox and the Crocodile 
 contended concerning 
 
 their Nobility. When /f Cnwro- 
 dlle brought many Things for 
 Himfelf, and foo^^ Himfelf 
 beyond Meafure concerning 
 
 the Splendoun o/ 7^V Ance- 
 ftors ; ^ .Fax fmiling, 
 yi/V to Him, So Ho, Friend, 
 although indeed Thou hadft not 
 "have faid Th'u, it appears 
 clearly by thy Skin, /Aa/ now 
 fflony Years Thou kafl bten de- 
 prived of ike Splendour of thy 
 Ancejlors, 
 
 MCR. 
 
 The Fable 
 ? Thing iifelf 
 '? Men. 
 
 that 
 refutes 
 
 FABLE 
 
SELECT FABLES OF JBSOP, 
 
 FABLE CLXXIX. 
 
 De Vulpe &? Venatoribus. Of the Fox and the Hunters. 
 
 VUlpes, effugiens Ve- 
 natores, ac jam defeja 
 currendo per Viam, 
 
 Cafu reperit Lignatorcm, 
 Quern rogat, ut abfcondat 
 Se in quoquo Loco. Ille 
 cflendit Te&orium ; Vulpes 
 ingrediens Id t abfcondit St 
 in qvodam Angnlo. Vena- 
 tores adveniunt, rogant 
 JLignatorcm, Jt videret 
 Vulpem. Lignalor negat 
 Verb^s quidem, Se vi- 
 diflfe ; verb oRendit 
 
 Locum Manu, til/i 
 
 Vulpes latebat ; vero Vena- 
 tores, Re nofi percep- 
 ta, Jlatim abetint. 
 
 Vulpes t ut profpidt 
 
 Illos alitffe t cgrcdi- 
 
 cns TeSorio t rccedit tacite. 
 Lignator criminatur 
 
 Vulpem, quod, cum fecerit 
 Eutn fa/vum, ageret Nihil 
 Gratiarum Sibi. Tune 
 
 Vulpes, convertens Se, ait 
 tacite ////, Heus, 4mice t 
 fi haluiffes Opera 
 
 Manuum, & Mores fimiles 
 tuts Verbis, perfolwrem 
 intritas Gratias Tibi. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Fabula fignijlcat, quod 
 nequam Homo, etjl polli- 
 cetur bona, tamen pra- 
 Jlat mala &? improba. 
 
 THE Tcox.Jtyingfromtht Hun - 
 ters, 7zr/ now tired 
 with running rt/ow^- the Way, 
 by Chance found a Wood- Cutter , 
 Whom A'if <7/,r, that //^ m^ 1 />.'V/tf 
 Himfelf in any Place. He 
 flowed the Cottage;, 7""Ae jFo.v 
 entering //, hides Himfelf 
 in a certain Corner. 7"^^ ^i/- 
 /fTj coir.e up, /ry.c 
 
 the Wood- Cutter, if He fa'w 
 the Fox. The Wood-Cutter denies 
 in Words indeed, that He had 
 fccn Him ; Ivt He fliowed 
 thfi Piace with his Hand, Wv/: 
 the Fox /i?v ;V ; but /Af //a- 
 /^rj-, the Thing not being per- 
 ceived, immediately go away. 
 The Fox, as foon as // perceiv; 
 I'licnri /o ^^ ^ ?/?f away, comniP" 
 out of /.^ Cottage, rellres/t/tnt/j. 
 The Wood-Cutter accufe^ 
 the Fox, //>/, when //^ liMvnade 
 Hi in y/f He gave n 
 Thanks to Him. 7"7;rr, 
 
 the Fox, turning Himfelf, favs 
 foftly to Him, Hark ye, Frienri, 
 if thou would]] have had the AV 
 of thy Hands, and thy Morals likf. 
 /o /-6y Words, / would pav 
 the deferved Thanh to thee. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 The Fable fignifies, that 
 a wicked Man, aliho' He pro- 
 mifes good Things, yet //e />.;- 
 farmetk bad <jr/ wicked Things. 
 
 FAB L E 
 
i34 SELECT FABLES OF &SOP. 
 FABLE CLXXX. 
 
 De Cane vocato ad 
 Canam. 
 
 Uidam Fir, cum pa- 
 t opiparam Ca- 
 nam, voeavit qucndam 
 Amicum Domum ; Ejus 
 Canis quoque invitavit 
 Canem dlterius ad Ca- 
 nam. Canis ingrejfus, 
 
 cum vidertt tantas Dopes 
 apparatas, latut, ait Secum, 
 Sane txplelo Me ita hodie, 
 qnod non indigebo comedere 
 eras. fVro Cpquus 
 
 tor l~p' dent, tacitus cefit per 
 Caudam, atque rotans 
 terque quaterquc, projecit 
 Ilium per Feneftram. Ille 
 attonitus affurgens Jfumo, 
 dum yi/^/V clamans, cfteri 
 Canes accurrunt Ei, atque 
 rogant, quam opipare cte- 
 naverit : At Ille languens 
 ait, Ita cxplcvi Me 
 Pc/w & Dapibus, quod 
 
 Viam. 
 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Of the Dog invited to 
 Supper. 
 
 A Certain Man, when /& 
 had prepared z dainty Sup- 
 per, invited a certain 
 Friend Home ; His 
 Dog alfo invited 
 the Dog cf 'the other Man to Sup- 
 per. The Dog having entered, 
 when .//<? yiew fo great Dainties 
 prepared joyful, fays with Himfelf, 
 Truly //to///// Myfelf >To-Day, 
 that I {hall not want to eat 
 To-morrow. But the Cook 
 feeing Him, filent foo> Him by 
 /* 7a//, and whirling Him 
 both three and four Times, threw 
 Him thro' //k Window. He 
 amazed rifing up from the Ground, 
 whilll He Jlies crying, the other 
 Dogs run up to Him, and 
 afk, how daintily He had fup- 
 ped : But He languifhing 
 fays, So have I filed Myfelf 
 with Drink and Dainties, that, 
 wA#i I came out, / faw not 
 the Way. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Fabula Jignificat, mul- The Fable Jignifies, that many 
 ta cadere inter Cal'icem Things /a// between the Cup 
 Sc Labra. and the Lips. 
 
 FABLE 
 
SELECT FABLES OF ^ESOP. 
 FABLE CLXXXI. 
 
 135 
 
 De Aquila & Homine. 
 
 CUM quidam Homo 
 cepiffet Aquilam, 
 
 Pennis Alarum 
 
 avuljis Ei, dimijlt 
 
 Earn morart inter Gallinas. 
 Peinde Quidam, merca- 
 tus, munlt Alas 
 
 Pennis : turn Aquila 
 volans capit Leporem, Csf 
 fert Ilium fuo BenefaBor'i. 
 Q^uam Rem Vulpes con/pi- 
 dens, ait Homini, No- 
 li habere hanc Aquilam 
 Hofpitio, tie venetur 
 Te, aeque ac Leporem. 
 Turn Homo item emlfit 
 Pennas Aquihe. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Haec Fabula fignificat, quod 
 Benefaftores quiJem funt 
 remunerandi, vero improbi 
 omnino vitandi. 
 
 Of the Eagle and the Man. 
 
 WHEN a certain Man 
 had taken an Eagle, 
 the Feathers of the Wings 
 being plucked from Her, He difmi/fed 
 Her to dwell among the Hens. 
 Afterwards a certain Man, having 
 purchafcd Her,ybr///?fj her Wings 
 with Feathers : then the Eagle 
 flying takes a Hare, and 
 bears Him to her Benefaftor* 
 Which Thing a Fox perceiv- 
 ing, He fays/o the Man, Be un- 
 willing to have this Eagle 
 in Entertainment, left She hunt 
 Thee, as well as the Hare. 
 Then the Man alfo plucked off 
 the Feathers from the Eagle. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 that 
 
 This Fable fignifies, 
 Benefa&ors indeed are 
 
 to be requited, but the Wicked 
 altogether to be avoided. 
 
 FABLE CLXXXII. 
 
 De Agricola. Of the Hufbandman. 
 
 QUidam Homo, exiftens 
 Agricola^ cum cog- 
 nofceret adeffe Finem 
 
 Vitas Sibi, & cuperet Filios 
 fieri pcritos in Cultu 
 sfgrortim, vocavit Eos, atq; 
 iyt//V, Filii, Ego decedo e 
 Vita ; 
 
 A Certain Man, being 
 a Hujbandman^ when He 
 knew that there was an End 
 of Life to Him, and defired his Sons 
 fo tarome fkilful in the Tilling 
 Lands, called 7^, and 
 O Sons, / depart out of 
 Life ; 
 
136 SELECT FABLES OF 
 
 Vita ; cmnia mea Bona funt 
 con/ita in Vined. I ill, pofl 
 Obitum Patris, putantes 
 refer ire hunc Thefaurum in 
 Vinsd, Ligonibus, Marris, 
 ac Bidentibus fumptis, fun- 
 ditus effodiunt V'msam, & 
 non inveniunt Thefaurum ; 
 vero, cum Vinea full probe 
 effojfa, produxit longe plures 
 Frudus foli to, atq; fecit 
 Illoj divitcs. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Hsc Fabula figniiicat, 
 quod affidnus Labor paiic 
 Thefaurum, 
 
 Life } all uiy Goods are 
 placed in the Vineyard. They, after 
 the Death of the Father, thinking 
 to find this Treafnre in 
 the Vineyard, Spades, Mattocks, 
 and Prongs being taken, entire- 
 ty dig up the Vineyard, and 
 do not find the Trcafure ; 
 but, when the Vine ivas well 
 dug u pt it produced />j far more 
 Fruits than ufual, ant/ made 
 rich. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 This FaLIe fignifies, 
 
 that daily Labour bringeth furtli 
 Treofurt. 
 
 FABLE CLXXXIII. 
 
 De quod am Pifcatere. 
 
 QUidarn Pifcator inex- 
 pert us pifcandi) Reti 
 ac i'ibiis ajfumptti, accedit 
 juxta Littus Marts, atq; 
 fuperexi/lens quodam Saxo 
 cospit imprimis tubicinate, 
 fntans, Se capturum ej/e 
 Pifcesfaci/e Cantu ; veriim 
 cum ccnfeqverttur mil I urn 
 EJfefium Cantu, Tibiit 
 depofitis, dimifit 
 
 Rete in Marc, ac cepit 
 ferplures Pifces ; fed cum 
 extraheret Pifces e Reti, 
 atgue perfpiceret Eos fal- 
 tantes, ait non injahe, O 
 improba Animalia, cum tu- 
 bicinarem, noluiflis faltare ; 
 
 Of a certain Fl/berman. 
 
 A Certain Fijberman un/lvil- 
 ful of Fifiing, his Net 
 <?nr/ Pipes being taken, goes 
 nfflr the Shore of the Sea, and 
 Jlanding up on a certain Rock 
 He began a/ jfr/? to pipe, 
 thinking, that He ftould take 
 Fifties M/F/y with a Tune ; but 
 when He obtained no 
 
 ^# with a Tune, /& P/>J 
 being laid down, He 1st down 
 the Net into the Sea, and took 
 wry may Fifties ; but when 
 /fc </rfw the Fifties out of the Net, 
 and perceived Them dan- 
 cing, He fays, not unwittilj, O 
 wicked Animals, w^/ I pip- 
 ed, Te were unwilling to dance ; 
 
SELECT FABLES OF ^ESOP. 137 
 
 nunc quia cejfo tubicinare, now becaufc / ceafe to pipe, 
 faltatis continue. Te dance continually. 
 
 MoST. 
 
 Ha!C Fabula docet, 
 Omnia fi unt 
 fiunt fuo Tempon. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 This Fable fliows, that 
 All Things are done we/!, Which 
 are done in their own Seafon. 
 
 FABLE CLXXXIV. 
 
 De quibufdam Pifcatoribus. 
 
 PIfcatore profeB't 
 
 pifcatum, fcf defeffi 
 pifcando diu, pneterea 
 opprefli Fame & Mcerore, 
 quod ceptffent Nihil, 
 
 turn decernant abire, 
 eccc, quidam Pifcis fugiens 
 Aliam infequentem Se fallat 
 in Naviculam. Pikatores 
 admodam Iseti comprehendunt 
 Ilium, ac vend unt in 
 Urbc grandi Pretio. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Hacc Fabula indicat, 
 quod Fortuna exhibet Id 
 frequentius, Quod Art noil 
 
 poteft ' 
 
 Of certain Fijlermen. 
 
 FIrtiermen having gone 
 to fifh, fl</ tired 
 with Jl/hing a long while, befidcs 
 oppreffcd tuith Hunger and Grief, 
 becaufe They had taken Nothing, 
 when They refolve to go a-way, 
 behold, a certain Fifh jflying 
 another purfuing Him leaps 
 into the Boat. The Fifhertnea 
 very joyful take 
 
 Him, and fell Him " 
 the City at a great Price. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 This Fable fliowg, 
 
 /af Fortune offers That 
 very frequently, Which Art is not 
 able /0 efed. 
 
 FABLE 
 
138 SELECT FABLES OF 
 
 FABLE CLXXXV. 
 
 De Inope 5" infirmo. 
 
 QUidam Pauper $ cum 
 agrotaret, vovit 
 
 Z)w, quod, Ji liberare- 
 tur ab co Morle, immo- 
 laret centum Boves. 
 
 >uod Dii volentes experiri, 
 facile reddunt Sanitatem Illi. 
 Igitur liber a Motbo, 
 cum non haberet Boves, 
 quia erat pauper, colle- 
 git Ofla centum 
 
 Bourn, fc? deponens 
 yi//<?r Altare, inquit, Ecce, 
 nwnc pevfplvo Votum, Quod 
 *OT>/ Vobis. -D audi- 
 entes Hoc alfiftunt El in 
 Somniis, atq; inguiunf, per- 
 gito orf Littus Marts ; 
 etenim ill reperies cen- 
 tum Talenta Auri fcmoto 
 Loco. Ille expergefaSus, 
 memor Somnii, dum 
 pergit ad IAttus t incidit 
 in Latrones, >ui fpoliant 
 5" vcrberant Eum. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Hasc Fabula Indicat, 
 go</ Mendaces accipiant 
 Pracmia Mcndaciorum. 
 
 Of the poor and infirm Man. 
 
 A Certain poor Man, when 
 /fe waj fick vowed 
 to the Gods, that, if He fhonld be 
 freed from that Difeafe, He 
 would facrifice a hundred Oxen. 
 Which the Gods ivitting to try, 
 ffl/7/p reftore Health to Him. 
 "therefore free /row the Difeafe, 
 wtan he had not flk Oxfn, 
 becaufe Atf <zyaj poor, He ga- 
 thered the Bones ef a hundred 
 Oxen, and putting them down 
 upon the Altar, He faid, Behold, 
 now I pay the F'otv, Which 
 I vowed to YcO. The Gods hear- 
 ing This (land before him in. 
 Dreams, and .A?* Go 
 to the Shore of the Sea ; 
 for there Thou (halt find a hun- 
 dred Talents of Gold in a fecret 
 Place. He having arofe, 
 mindful o/" f/k Dream, whild 
 He goes on to the Shore, falls 
 Thieves, Who rob 
 beat Him. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 This 
 A^f Liars 
 
 the Rewards of Lies, 
 
 (hows, 
 
 receive 
 
 FABLE 
 
SELECT FABLES OF JESOP. 139 
 FABLE CLXXXVL 
 
 De Pifcatoribus. 
 
 QUIDAM Pifcatoret 
 trahebant Rete Mari ; 
 Quod cum fentirent efle 
 grave, laetabantur magno- 
 pere, putantes fuiffe multos 
 Pifces ; fed, ut traxif- 
 fent Rete in Terr am, 
 cum perfpiciunt paucos Pifces 
 quidem, vero ingens Saxum 
 inefTe Red, fiunt trifles. 
 Qmdam ex Illis, jam 
 grandis JEtate, inquit ptu- 
 denter Sociis, Eftote 
 
 quietia Animu ; quippe 
 Maflitia eft Soror Laetitiz ; 
 etenim oportet Nos pro- , 
 fpicere futures Cafus, y 
 ut >uis ferat illos 
 levitii, perfuadere Sibi 
 fic eventuros. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Hec Fabula Jignificat, 
 quod >ui rezninifcitur 
 kuman<e Sort is, ajficititr 
 tninirae in adverfis. 
 
 Of the Fifhcrmen. 
 
 CERTAIN Ffieraen 
 
 \^s drtw their Net out of the Sea; 
 Which when they perceived to be 
 heavy, They rejoiced great- 
 ly, thinking that there were many 
 Pi/lies ; but, as foon as They had 
 dragged the Net unto the Lana f r 
 when They perceive few Fijhes 
 indeed, but a vaft Stone 
 to be in the Net, They become fad. 
 A certain One of Them, now 
 great by -Age, fays pru- 
 dently to his Companions, Be Te 
 of quiet Minds ; for 
 
 Sorrow is the Sifter of Gladnefs ; 
 for it behoYeth Us to fore- 
 fee future Mifchances, and 
 that any Man may bear Them. 
 more lightly, to perfuade Himfelf 
 that They will come to pais. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 This Fable fignifies, 
 
 that He who remembereth 
 human Lot, is 
 the Icaft in adverfe Things. 
 
 FABLE 
 
SELECT FABLES OF JESOP. 
 
 FABLE CLXXXVII. 
 
 Cat a mut,ita 
 
 QUaedam Caia, tapta 
 dmcrc cujuftam 
 
 J'petio/t Adoltfcentis, oravit 
 Veoerem, ut mutaret 
 JSam in Fczminam. Venus 
 ntlferta I Hi us tnvtavlt liam 
 :n Formam Famint ; Qiiam, 
 cum effet va/a'e forinofa, 
 j4mator adduxit Domurh. 
 Sed ciim fedcrent Jimul in 
 Cu&icu/o, Venus volens 
 cxperiti, Jt, Facie mutatq, 
 inutaflet : y Mores, 
 coii/iltult Mure in in Medi- 
 um ; >uam cum Ilia 
 profpesit, oblita Formas ff 
 Amoris, fcrfecuia eft 
 Murem, vi cape- 
 
 ret ; fuper qua Re Venus 
 indignata, defiuo mutavit 
 Eara in prioretn Formam 
 Cata;. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Fabula Jignificaf t quod 
 
 Homo t licet //#/ 
 
 Pcrfonam, tamsn retinet 
 ' 'dm Mores. 
 
 She-Cat being ckang 
 a Woman. 
 
 A Certain Caf, ' tsken 
 with the Love of a certain 
 leaittiful Young Man, be fought 
 Vtnus, that She would change 
 Her into a Woman. Venus 
 having pitxd Her changed Her 
 into the Shape of a Woman ; Whom, 
 when. She was very beatitiful, 
 the LoTcr led Home. 
 
 But ivhen They fat together in 
 the Chamber , Venus willing 
 to tiy, i/~, the Face &/n? changed^ 
 She had changed fl^o her Morale, 
 plated a Moufe ;" the Mid- 
 dle ; Which when She 
 faw, having forgot her Shape <?</ 
 Love, iSA* pitrfued 
 
 the Moufe, f&rf She might take 
 Her ; upon which Thing Venus 
 being ongry t again changed 
 Her into the former Shape 
 of a Cat. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 The Fable Jtgntfiet t that 
 a Man, altho* He may change 
 his Perfon, yet rctaicf 
 thtfame Manners. 
 
 F A B L F 
 
SELECT FABLES OF ^ESOP. 141 
 FABLE CLXXXVIII. 
 
 De duobus Inlmicis. 
 
 DUO Qu'idam habentes 
 Inimicit'ias inter Sc 
 navigabaut una in Navi. 
 Et ciim Alter non paieretur 
 Aherum flare in eodein 
 .Loco, Units ftdit in Puppi, 
 Alter in Prord. Autcm, 
 Tempeftate ortd, cum 
 Navis eflVt in Periculo, Qrti- 
 fedebat in Prom rog.it G\.\- 
 bernatorem Navis, Quz 
 Pjrs Navis fcret fubmnfa 
 prliis ; & cum Gubernator 
 dixifftt Pup pirn, I lie ait, 
 Mors nunc non eft adto 
 mole/la Mihi, ft perfpicio 
 meum Inimiciun mori prius. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Hxc Fabufa redargult 
 Inimicitias Hominutn ; tu,n 
 Inimicus fgfius digit 
 perJere Seipfum, vt per- 
 dat Inimlcum. 
 
 Of the two Enemies. 
 
 TWO certain Men having 
 Enmities between 'Themjflves 
 failed together in a Ship. 
 And when the One would not fujf'er 
 the Other to Jland in /)6c fame 
 Place, On? fat a/ the Head, 
 the Other at the Stern. But 
 a Temped having arofe, when 
 /,!ie .S^i was ,tw Danger, //^ ^v^ 
 i"iU a/ the Prow fl/>f.r the Gover- 
 nor o/' //!? Ship, What 
 Ptir/ of the Ship would be funk 
 ^/fr/r ; aitd ii-/v the Pilo^ 
 had faid the Ster-it, /^ fai-d, 
 Death now /j n^/ 
 trcublefome to Me, // I perceive 
 my Enemy to diejirft. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 This Fall: reprovrt 
 
 the Enmities of Men ; <wLcn 
 one Enemy very often chpof-.-s 
 to dejlroy Himfelf, that He may 
 dedroy his Enemy. 
 
 FABLE CLXXXJX. 
 
 De C^ne 3" Fabro. Of the Dog and the Smith. 
 
 QUidam Faler habebat \ Certain Smith 
 
 Canem, Qni, dum /\_ a Dog, Which, 
 
 Jpfc cudebat Fernim, He Jlruck the 
 
 dormiebat continue) ; v-ero Jlept continually ; 
 
 cum manducabat) Canfs when He eat, the 
 
 had 
 
 ivhil/1 
 Iron, 
 but 
 Dog 
 
 fiatim afTurgebat, cf fine immediately rofe up, and without 
 
 Mo- 
 
 De, 
 
142 SELECT FABLES .OF ^ESOP. 
 
 Mora corrodcbat Qua 
 crane dejeSa fub Men/a, 
 ceu 0/a, & Alia 
 hujufmodi. >uam Rem 
 Faber anlraadverteris, ait 
 "4d Canetn, Heus, Mifer, 
 nefcio Qyid faciam ; 
 Qui, dum cudo Ferrum, 
 dormts continue, 5* 
 
 tencris Segnitie ; rurfus 
 cum movco Denies, ftatim 
 furgis, & applaudis Mini 
 Cauda. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Fabula Jignificat, quod 
 Socerdes & Somnolent! t Qiii 
 uivunt ex Lqloribus aliorum, 
 /WH* coercendi grav't 
 Cenfura. 
 
 Delay gnawed ^io/^ things which 
 were thrown down under *< T^/<f, 
 as Bones, and c/^r Things 
 of this Kind. flOWcA Thing 
 />6f 5m//A minding, /^ 7^^ 
 to //^<? )(?, So Ho, Wretch, 
 I know not WAa/ I fhall do ; 
 Who, whilft /^r/^ the Iron, 
 Jleepejl continually, and 
 
 art poflefled with Sloth ; again 
 when I move my Teeth, prefently 
 Thou rife ft, and fatterejl Me 
 with thy Tail. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 The Fable f'gnifies, that 
 //&e Slothful and Drowfy, Who 
 AW out of /^ Labours of Others, 
 or* to be retrained cf/'/A <? 
 Cenfurc. 
 
 FABLE CXC. 
 
 De qua dam Mula- 
 
 QUsdam ^f/^r, cffefta 
 pinguis nimio Hordeo, 
 lafciviebat nimia Pingue- 
 dine, 'rnquiens Secum, 
 
 Equus fuit meus Pater, ^w/ 
 erat celerr'imus Curfu, y 
 Ego fum fimilis Ei per 
 Omnia. Parum poft con- 
 ti^it, quod oportuit Mulam 
 currere quantum potuit ; 
 fed cum ce//avit Curfu, 
 inquit, Heu ! Miferam Me, 
 putabam Me cfle 5o- 
 
 0/"a certain 
 
 A Certain Aftf/f, being made 
 fat with too much Barley, 
 wantoned with too much Fat- 
 nefs, faying with Herfelf, 
 A Horfe was my Father, Who 
 was fwiftefl in the Race, an^ 
 I OT like Him in 
 // Things. A little a/ter It hap- 
 pened, that It behoved M Mule 
 to run aj mur/ as She could j 
 ^w/when She ceafed from Running, 
 S/j* /W, Alas ! wretched Me, 
 7f%o thought Myfelflo be /^ Qf- 
 ffring of the Horfe ! 2?w/ now 
 
SELECT FABLES OF JESOP. 143 
 
 memlni Patrem f u ffi / remember that my Father nuas 
 
 Afinum. an Afs. 
 
 MOR. MOR. 
 
 Fabula fignificat, quod The Fable Jignifies, that 
 
 Stu/ti non agnofcunt Se- Fools do not know Them- 
 
 ipfos in profperis ; fed in felves \nprofperous Things ; but is 
 
 adverfis perfape recognof- adverfe Things very often They 
 
 .cunt/ww Errores. again know their Errors. 
 
 FABLE CXCI. 
 
 De Medico S3" 
 Mortuo. 
 
 QUid am Med\cus> Qui 
 cur aver at ^grotum, 
 Shit paulo pq/l moriebatur, 
 aiebat Illis, ^i efferebant 
 Funut, Si tfte Vir abflinu- 
 iffet Vino, & fuiflet uftis 
 Clyjltribus, non ftiiffet 
 mortuus. Q^nidam ex His, 
 >ui aderant, ait Medi- 
 co hand infacete, Heus, 
 Medice, ifia Coniilia 
 fucrunt dicenda, cum qui- 
 bant prodeffe, non nanr, cum 
 aalent Nil. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Fabula fignificat) quod 
 ttW Confiliunj no prodt-Jl, 
 dare /^/ eo Temper e eft yW 
 deludcrc Amicurn. 
 
 Of the Phyfician and 
 the dead Man. 
 
 A Certain Pbyfklan, Who 
 ^a*/ looked after a fick Man, 
 ^Wo a little after died, 
 _/Ji/W to Them, Who bore /e 
 Funeral, If *a Man /^a<7 abjlain- 
 ed from Wine, anJ had ufed 
 Clyjlers, He would not have been 
 dead, A certain One of Thefe, 
 Who were prefent,y}>.f to the Phy- 
 fician not unwittily, So Ho t 
 Phyfician, thofe Counfels 
 
 were to be told, when They were 
 able to profit, not now, when 
 They avail Nothing. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 The Fable ftgnificst that 
 when Counfel dues not profit, 
 to give If at that Time is truly 
 to play upon a Friend. 
 
 FABLE 
 
144 SELECT FABLES OF 
 FABLE CXCII. 
 
 De Cane & Liipo. 
 
 CUM Cants dormiret ante 
 Aulam, J.upus fuper- 
 veniens Jlaiim ccpit Eu<n, 
 & cum vcllct cccUere 
 Eum, Cants orabar, 
 ne occideret Cum, inquiens, 
 lit us, mi Lupe, nunc noli 
 occtder e Me ; tiam, ut vides, 
 fum tennis, g^acilis, & 
 xnacilentus ; fed meus Ph- 
 rus eft fa&urus Nuptias, 
 ubi, fi expeSnlii parum, 
 Ego manducans opipare, atq; 
 fflus pingliior, fro uti- 
 lior 7/&. Lupus 
 
 kalens Fidem /f;/ Verbis 
 diaiijit Canem. Foft 
 
 paucos D'MS Lupus acccrlcns, 
 cura repeiit Canem dbmixi- 
 tin Dotni, Jlans ante 
 Aulam, rogat Canem, ut 
 fraflaret Piomifia 
 
 ^f. Cam's inyuit, Hens, 
 Lupe, fi cep'iffes Me ante 
 Aulam, ncn expttia- 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Kzc Falrula indicat, 
 quod Sapiens, cum femel 
 vitavtrit Pericutum, con- 
 tinue raw/ infutwo. 
 
 Of the Dog W the Wolf. 
 
 WHEN the Do* flept A?/0;v 
 the Hall, iktWo/f coming 
 upon Him, prefehtly took ^/CT ; 
 and <zt'fn He was willing /o Jlay 
 Him, /Zv Z)cj befought Him, 
 that he 'would n ot kill Him, Joy ing t 
 So Ho, my Wolf, noiu be unwilling 
 to till Me } for, as you fee r 
 I ana fear, lean, . aJ 
 flender ; K* my ATa- 
 ^r is about to make a Wedding, 
 when, Jf jo -y>j7/' -wait a little, 
 / 1 eating daintily, and 
 
 ^/n^ become fatter, (ball be more 
 advantageous to Thee. The Wolf 
 having Faith . in /</ Words 
 difm'iffed the Dog. -^/i*r 
 a few Days the Wolf coming, 
 when ./& found the Dog Jltep- 
 ing at Home, jlanding before 
 /Z* //a//, aflis //'^ Dog, tha,t 
 would perform his Promifes 
 The Dog /ay j, Hark ye, 
 Wolf, {{Thou hailjl taken Me before 
 the Hall, Thou ii'ou/ef/i not haiv 
 e Wedding in -vain. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 This FabLt fhows, 
 
 that Itift Man, when ow^ir 
 He hath avoided a Danger, con- 
 tinually takes Care for //* future. 
 
 FABLE 
 
SELECT FABLES OF 
 
 FABLE CXCIII. 
 
 De Cane b j Gallo. 
 
 CAnis y Callus Socii 
 faciebant fier ; autem 
 Vefperi fuperveniente, 
 
 Callus dormiebac inter Ra- 
 mos Arloris ; at Cants ad 
 Radicem. Cum Callus, "it 
 fl^/c/tf, cantabat No8u, 
 Vulpcs .audivit Eum, accur- 
 rit, Sf. Jlans inferius rogabat, 
 Ut defeenderet ad ^f, 
 quod cuptrct compltdli 
 Animal adeo commendabilf 
 Cantu ; auttm, cum /r 
 dixifTet, w/ priue excttaret 
 Janicorem dormentem ad 
 Radicem, ut defcende- 
 ret, ciim ///? aperuifiet ; 
 ///o quaerente, w/ vocartt 
 Ipfum t Canis projiliens 
 dilaceravit F~ulpem. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Fabula Jigni/teai, pru- 
 dentes Homines roittere /nx- 
 
 Se, 
 
 potentiores quam 
 jj foriioiea 
 
 Of the Dog a</ the Cock. 
 
 A Dog and a Cock Companion! 
 made a Journey ; but 
 Evening coming on, 
 
 f/><? Cock flept among the Bran- 
 ches <?/" a 7"r^ ; but the Dug at 
 /A* Root'. When the COCK .?v 
 .fr ;V ivont, crowc<i / //'. 
 a Fox heard Him, runs i^ 
 him, and Jianding below ajked, 
 that ^iff would come du<uun to Him, 
 becaufc He dejired to embrace 
 fla Animal fo commendable 
 for Song ; a/, ;when /^ 
 had faid, that firfl ^ jlould wake 
 the Porter Jleeping at 
 /^ ^?oo/, that J7<? wi/j^/ foaj? 
 down, when ^? had opened ; 
 #,? alkcd, /Aaf He would call 
 .//zw, the Dog leaping out 
 tore /# Fox. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 The Fable fignifies t that pru- 
 dent JW> fend Ene- 
 rr.iss more powerful /Aan 
 Themfelves, to the more brave 
 ^y Craft. 
 
 FABLE 
 
146 SELECT FABLES OF 
 FABLE CXCIV. 
 
 De Ranis. 
 
 DUJERanx pafcebantur 
 is Palude ; attfem 
 ^Eftate Palude ficca- 
 ta, quxrelant aliara ; ctterum 
 invenerunt profundum 
 
 Puteum ; Quo vifo, Altera 
 dixit Altcri, Heus Tu, 
 defcentfamus in hunc 
 Puteum ; Ilia refpondens ait, 
 Si Aqua amer it hie, 
 quomodo afcendemus ? 
 
 #/" the Frogs. 
 
 TWO Frogs were fed 
 in a Mairti ; but 
 in Summer /ta Marjb being dried 
 up, They fought another J but 
 They found a deep 
 
 Well ; Which being feen, One 
 faid fo the Other, So ho ?~0 t 
 let us defccnd f'n/o this 
 Well ; the Other anfivering fays, 
 //" the Water Jhould dry up here, 
 io-a; fhall we get up ? 
 
 
 
 MoR 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Fabula 
 
 declarat, 
 
 quod 
 
 The 
 
 Fable 
 
 declares. 
 
 that 
 
 //* 
 
 Res 
 
 funt 
 
 agend 
 
 a: ;- 
 
 Things 
 
 are 
 
 to 
 
 be 
 
 done 
 
 tn- 
 
 confederate. 
 
 
 
 coiifiderately. 
 
 FABLE CXCV. 
 
 De Leone & Urfo. 
 
 LEO fc? Urfus, 
 cepiflent magnum 
 
 ^iinanlum, pagtwbant de o, 
 & vulnerati graviter 
 feipfis jacebant defatigati. 
 ^a^j,videns Eos proftratos, 
 5f Hinnulum jacehtem in 
 Media, rapuit //ar, & /a- 
 j/fis/. I Hi videbant, fed 
 jaw non potuerant furgere t 
 dicebant, Heu ! mife*os 
 Not, quia laboravimus 
 Vulpf. ' 
 
 Cf the Lion cW the Bear. 
 
 THE Lion and the Bear,-a6m 
 They had taken a great 
 Fawn, fought about Him, 
 and wounded grievoufly by 
 one another they lay do-urn tired. 
 A Fox, feeing Them laid down, 
 and the Fawn /y/nj in 
 the Middle, fnatched Him, and ran 
 away. They fa'w Him, but 
 becaufe They could not rife, 
 They faid, Alas ! wretched 
 Us, becaufe We have laboured 
 for the Fox. 
 
 MOR, 
 
SELECT FABLES OF #!SOP. 14? 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Fabula ftgnificat, 
 tlitm Alii laborant, 
 potiuntur Prxda. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 quod The Fable fs n lfi is * tliac 
 Alii whilft Some labour, Others 
 enjoy the Prey. 
 
 FABLE CXCVI. 
 
 De C, 
 
 CAffita, capta Laqueo, 
 dicebat ploraxs, Hei ! 
 Mihi mifera & infelici, 
 non furripui Aurum neque 
 Slrgcntam cujufquatn ; 
 
 autem Granum Tritici fuit 
 Caufa meae Mortis. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Fabula tendlt in Eos, 
 Qui fobeunt magtium Peri- 
 culum ob inutile Lucrum. 
 
 Of the LARK. 
 
 THE Lark, taken in a Snare, 
 yi/ lamenting* Alas ! 
 to Me miferable and unhappy , 
 I have not taken away fta Go/J nor 
 ?ta Silver of any One ; 
 ^af a Grain <?/ Wheat has been 
 / Caufe of my Death. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 The Fable toH/r to 
 Who undergo great 
 ^fr for unprofitable Gain. 
 
 .Dan- 
 
 FABLE CXCVII. 
 
 De Leone confeffo Senio. 0/"the Lion 'worn out with Age. 
 
 WHcntkeLion was grown old, 
 nor could get his Liv- 
 ing, He contrived a Way, 
 how ProviRonsJbouIJnot lie wanting 
 to Him. Therefore having entered 
 the Den, lying down, He feign- 
 ed Himfclf vehemently to be fick. 
 The living Creatures, thinking Him 
 verily to be Jick, went 
 to Him for the 5a^of vifiting Him; 
 Whom the Lion taking can 
 up J* n sfy' When 
 
 now 
 
 u 
 
 CUM Leo fenuiffet, 
 nee poflet qvsrere Vic- 
 tum } machinabatur Viam, 
 qui Alimenta hand deeffent 
 Sibi. Igitur ingreffus 
 Speluncam, jacens, Jimula- 
 bat Se vehementer segrotare. 
 Animalia^ putantia Se 
 vere <egrotare, accedebant 
 ad Eum Gratia vifitandi ; 
 Qyie Leo capiens mandu- 
 cabat ftngvlaiim. Cam 
 jam 
 
148 SELECT FABLES OF 1ESOP. 
 
 jam occidiflet multa Ani- 
 malia, Vulpes, Arte Lecms 
 cognita, accedens ad Adi- 
 tum Speluocaci ftans exte- 
 nts, regal Leonem quomodo 
 valcret. Leo refpondens 
 blandl Ei alt, Filia 
 Futyes, cur nan ingrederit 
 Intro ad Me ? fu/pts aitnon 
 illepide, Quoniam, mi 
 Ifere t cerno equidem perplu- 
 ra Vejligia Animalium tn- 
 grrdientiunij fed nulla Ve- 
 ftigia Eorum egredientium. 
 
 nciu He had killed md.'jy A pi- 
 rn als, The Fox, the Art of the Lion 
 being known, coming to .>< En- 
 trance of the Cwe,J}anding with- 
 out, <7,#.r the Lion how 
 He did. 7"/6<; jL/on anfwering 
 fairly to Him y^/W, Daughter 
 Fox, why ///? 716 OM not enter 
 in fo Me ? 7*^ AA- faid no/ 
 unwlttily, Becaufe, my 
 
 Majler, I perceive indeed 'v 'ery ma- 
 ny Footjleps of Animals f/:^r- 
 /"/; /, but no Foot- 
 fleps o/" 7/5fm coming out. 
 
 MOR. MOR. 
 
 Fabula Jignificat, quod The Fable Ji n >fi 
 
 prudcns Horiio, >ui pro- a prudent Man, /W 
 
 videt immincntia Pericula, fees imminent 
 
 facile devitat Ilia. eaftly avoids Them. 
 
 ><7 fore- 
 Dangers, 
 
 FABLE CXCVIII. 
 
 De Leone ^ Tauro. 
 
 LEO fsquens ingentem 
 Taurum per InJiJias, 
 cum accejjit prope, vocavit 
 Eum ad Coenam, inquiens, 
 Amice, occidl Ovem, 
 canabit Mecurn lodie, ft 
 placet Tibi. Pojiquam 
 difcubuiffent, Taurus 
 
 confpicicns plures Lebetcs, 
 <5? Obeli fcos faratos, & 
 adeffi nullam Ovfm Illi, 
 volutt dccederc ; Quern 
 Leo pfrfpiciens jam abeitn- 
 1cm t rogavit, cur abiret. 
 Taartu rtfpondit, 
 
 0/"thc Lion end the Bull. 
 
 ALTON following a great 
 ^w// by Treachery, 
 
 \vhen //<? famr nrar, invited 
 Him /0 Supper, faying* 
 Friend, / have killed a Sheep, 
 You /ball f up with Me To- Day, if 
 // pleafes You. y& yoo a-f 
 They had fat down, the Bull 
 feeing iway Cauldrons, 
 
 and Spits ready y and 
 
 fa/ /^r<f wjj no S'/fw/ for Him, 
 waf willing to depart ; Wham 
 the Liunferceiving novt going away t 
 afked Him, w-^y He would go. 
 The Bull aufwercd, Tru>, 
 I do 
 
SELECT FABLES OF 1ZSOP. 14$ 
 
 non abeo de Nihilo, 
 cum videam Injlrumenta 
 pa rat a non ad coquendum 
 Ovcm, fed Taurum. 
 
 I do not go away for Nothing, 
 when I fee Injlntments 
 prepared not to drrfs 
 a Sheep, but a Bull. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Fabula fi^nificat, 
 Art a improborum 
 latent prudeutes. 
 
 quod 
 
 non 
 
 MOR. 
 
 The Fable fignlfies, 
 the Arts of the Wicked 
 lie hid from the prudent. 
 
 that 
 
 da not 
 
 FABLE CXCIX. 
 
 De JEgroto fcf Me- 
 dico. 
 
 7}7GER, rogatus a 
 **-' Medico de fud 
 Salute, rffpondit, Se 
 fuddjfe violcnter ; Medi- 
 cus ait, Id fuifle bonum ; 
 rogatus ab eodem Medico 
 fecundo, quomodo invenie- 
 bat Se, ./Egrotus intuit, 
 Se fui//e comprenfum ve- 
 hcmtnti Frigore : Msdlcus 
 quoque ait t Id fore ad 
 Salutem. Interrogatus 
 
 tcrtio ab eodem, quomodo 
 rcperiebat Se, JEgrotus 
 inquity Se non potvijje 
 iligerere fine magna Dijji- 
 cultate. Medicus ait rurfus, 
 Id fulfle optimum ad 
 Salntem ; deinde, cvm 
 Oiiidaro Domejlicorum 
 
 interrogaret JEgrotum, 
 
 quomodo valeret, ait life, 
 tit Medicus ait, funt 
 Mihi multa &. optima Signa 
 ad 
 
 Of the Sick Man and the Phy- 
 
 fician. 
 
 THE Sick Man leing afied by 
 the Phyftcian about his 
 Health, anftoered, That he 
 had fiucated violently ; the Phy- 
 fie'ian fays, that That was good \ 
 aflced by the fame Pbjfician 
 a fecond time, how He found 
 Himfelf, the fick Man faid, 
 that He it) as. fo'zcd -with a vehe- 
 ment Coldnefs ; The Phyftcian 
 alfo fays, that That was for 
 his ' Health. Aflted 
 
 a third time by /&? fame, liow 
 imfelf, flfe /^ ^/? 
 that He ivas not all? 
 to digeft without great Diffi' 
 culty. The Phyficianyi/)^ again, 
 /Aa/ T/fa/ was the bejl for 
 A/V Health ; afterwards, when 
 fome One of his Dome/licks 
 aflced the ftck Man, 
 
 how ^ didj fays //<?, 
 as /^ff Phyftcian fays, //1/rr^ /?r^ 
 to Me many and ^ ^ Signs 
 
150 SELECT FABLES OF JESOP. 
 
 ad Salutem, (amen difpc- for Health, yet I 
 reo illls SJgnis. rifh by thofe Signs. 
 
 pc- 
 
 MOR. MOR. 
 
 Falula indicat, dffenta- The Fable /how, that Flatter- 
 
 res efle culpandos. trs art to be blamed. 
 
 FABLE CC. 
 
 Be quodam LICNATORE. Of a certain WOOD-CUTTER. 
 
 DUM quidam Ligna- 
 tor fcindebat Lignum 
 juxta Flumen, dicatum Deo 
 ' Merc ur'io, Securis Cafu 
 decidit in Flumen. Igitur 
 affe&us tna'fo Mcerore, 
 conjidebat getnens juxta 
 Ripam F/umints. Mer- 
 curius, motus Mifericordia, 
 apparuit Lignario, & 
 rogavit Caufam fui Fletus ; 
 >uam fimul ac didicit, 
 afferent aurearn Securim, 
 rogavit, utrum eflet 
 
 Ilia, Quam perdiderat. At 
 Pauper negavit efle 
 
 fiiam. Secundo Mercurius 
 detulit alteram, argenieani ; 
 Quam, cum Pauper 
 
 ntgaret quoque ejfe fuam, 
 pojlremo Mercurius detullt 
 ligneam ; cum Pau- 
 per ajjent'iret, Illam ejfe 
 fuam, Mercurius, cognofcens 
 Ilium efle Hominem verum 
 df juftum, dedit Omnes Sibi 
 Dono. Igitur Ligna- 
 rius, accedens ad Socios, 
 declarat Quid acciderat 
 
 WHILST a certain Wood- 
 Cutter cleaved Wood 
 near a River, dedicated to the God 
 Mercury, his Ax by chance 
 fell into the River. Therefore 
 afFeded -with much Grief, 
 fie fat down fighing near 
 the Bank of the River. Mer- 
 cury, moved with Pity, 
 appeared to the Wood-Cutter, and 
 flj&r/the Caufc of his Weeping ; 
 Which as foon as He learnt, 
 bringing to him a golden Ax t 
 He afked, Whether It was 
 That, Which be had loft. But 
 the poor Man denied that it was 
 his. A fecond Time Mercury 
 brought another, a Jilver One ; 
 Which, tulen the poor Man 
 denied alfo to be his, 
 at laH Mercury reached 
 the wooden One ; when the Poor 
 Man agreed, that That was 
 his, Mercury, knowing 
 
 Him to be a Man true 
 ajrfjuft, ^avf Them All /<? Him 
 for a Gift. Therefore the Wood- 
 Cutter, coming to A/V Companions^ 
 declares /f&tf had happened 
 to Him. 
 
SELECT FABLES OF ^SOP. i$t 
 
 Sibi* Unus e Sociis 
 vo/ens experiri Id, cum 
 acce/ji/fet ad F/utsen, dtjecit 
 Securim in Aquam^ deinde 
 confedit flens in Ripa ; 
 Caufam Cnjus F lei us cunt 
 Mercurtus audiviffct, ajfe- 
 rens auream Sfcurim, rogavit, 
 Illane eflet, Quam 
 
 perdiderat : Quam, cum 
 ajfereret effc fuarn, Mer- 
 curius, ejus Irapudenlia cog- 
 nit a, nee tradidit Ei 
 auream, nee fuam. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Fabula fignificai, quod 
 quanta Deus ty? propi- 
 tior Probis, exiftit M/<> 
 j^/or Improbis. 
 
 /'? /('/m. One o/~ his Companions 
 willing to try //, when 
 /^ir came to /ta Rruer, threw 
 bis Ax into */><; Watcr> then 
 #< y/7< weeping on the Bank ; 
 the Coa/fofWhofe Weeping when 
 Mtrcary had heard, bring- 
 ing a golden y^.v, He afked, 
 7^/Arr r/^/ was It, /TAwA 
 He had loft : Which, when 
 /^ afferted to be /for own, Mer- 
 cury, his Impudence being 
 known, neither delivered to Him 
 the golden One., nor his own, 
 
 MOR. 
 
 The Fflble jlgnifia^ tiiat 
 by hotv much God w jtnorc propi- 
 tious to the Honejl, He is the mare 
 injcjluous to the Wicked. 
 
 FABLE CCI. 
 
 Medico, Qui 
 Infanos. 
 
 ciuabat 
 
 P Lures cottaquclanlur de 
 fuperfivd Cura Ecrum, 
 Qui alunt Cartes, ad Aucu- 
 pium. Quidam ex lis 
 inquit, Stultus Mediolani 
 rifit /f'oj refte, C'ww 
 Pabula pofctretur, inquit, 
 Fuit Medic us, Ci-vis Medio- 
 lani, >ui fufcipiebat 
 fanare infanos, delates ad Se 
 intra cerium Tempos : 
 autsm Curatio erat hujus 
 Modi ; habebat Domi 
 Aream, $5* in ed Lacunam 
 f&tidx 
 
 Of the Phyfician, Who cured 
 tie Mad. 
 
 MANY tetf/ of 
 
 the fuperfluousCart of Them, 
 Who feed -Dogs for Fowl- 
 ing. A certain Man o/" Them 
 fays, The Fool o/" Med'tolanum 
 kughed at Thefe rightly. When 
 the Story was demanded. He faid, 
 There <was a Phyfician, a Citizen 
 of Mediolanum, Who undertook 
 to cure the Mad, brought to Hint 
 within a certain Time : 
 tut the Cure was of this 
 Manner ; He had at Hnmc 
 a Court, and in i/ a Pon-.l 
 
152 SELECT FABLES OF 
 
 fetlde Aqi:je, in Qua 
 ligavit Eos nudos ad 
 Paiurr., Alios ;ifq; ad Genua, 
 Aiios vfque ad Vent r em t 
 Nonnullos profunJius, fe- 
 cuiidiino Gradum Infaniae ; 
 ac tamdiu macerabat Eos 
 jlqud, quoad viderentur 
 fani Mente. Quidam 
 
 eft aJlaius inter Cdieros, 
 Quem fofu'it in Equant 
 uique ^ Femur, hti coc- 
 pit rejipifcere poft quindecim 
 Dies, 5* rogare yimrn Me- 
 dicum, vt rcduceretur 
 em Aqua ; Ille exemit 
 fiominem a Crucialtt, tarn en 
 ca Conditioae, ne egrede- 
 retur Aream. Cum 
 
 paruiffet aliquot Dicbus, 
 pcrmifit, vt perambula- 
 rct Mam Domnm ; at 
 ut nan egrtderetur exterio- 
 rem Tanuam ; (Sociis, 
 Qui erant multi, rellfiis in 
 Aqua ;) paruit Manda- 
 te Medici di/igen- 
 ter ; vero JIans fuper Li- 
 men quouam Temfore ; (nam 
 non audelat egredi,) vldit 
 Juvenem vsnisr.tcm in Equo 
 cum duobus Canibus, b 5 
 Accipitre ; motus Novi- 
 tate Rei ; (etcnim non tene- 
 bat Memoria 
 Quf viderat 
 ante Infaniam ; cum 
 jfuvcnis accefliflet, Ille 
 inquit, Ifevs, TH, oro, re- 
 fponde Mini paucis : Quid 
 ejl Hoc, >UQ vehe- 
 fit ? Intuit, eft Equus. 
 Turn 
 
 tif Jlinking Water, in. Which 
 He bound Them naked to 
 a Stake, Some up to the Knees, 
 Others up to the Belly, 
 fome more deeply, accord- 
 ing t-j the Degree of Madnefs ; 
 and fo long He jlarved Them 
 in the Water, till They feemed 
 found in Mind. A certain Man 
 was brought among the Reft* 
 Whom He p-ut into the Water 
 up to the Thigh ; Who be- 
 gan to repent after fifteen 
 Days, and to alk his Phy- 
 fkian, that He might be brought 
 cut of the Water ; He took out 
 /i6^ jlfian from the Torment, yet 
 on that Condition, that He Jhould 
 not go out of the Court. When 
 He had obeyed fome Days, 
 He permitted, that He might 
 walk over the 'whole Hotife ; lut 
 that hejlouldnet go out of the out- 
 ward -Gate ; (his Companions, 
 Who were many, being left in 
 fr Water ;) He obeyed //6<r COOT- 
 mandi of the Phyfician diligent' 
 ly ; but flanding upon /ta Thre/h- 
 cld on a certain TiW ; (for 
 /^ did net dare to go out,) ffefavf 
 a Young Man coming on Horff 
 with /wo Dog?, a</ 
 
 a Hawk ; moved with the No- 
 velty c/"/f Thing; [forfffduf not 
 retain in Memory 
 
 A&* T/&OT^/ 7f*/rA He had feen 
 before his Madnefs ;} \vhen 
 /i6f Toung Man came near, //ir 
 fa id, So ho, You, / /rsj, an- 
 fwcr Me in a few Things : What 
 is This, en Which Thou art car- 
 ried ? &7y/ /&, It is a Horff. 
 Then 
 
SELECT FABLES OF 1ESOP. 
 
 '53 
 
 Tum de'wceps, Q^id voca- 
 tur Hoc, Quod geftas 
 Manu, St. in qua Re 
 uteri's ? fife refpondit, 
 eft Accipitcr, &? aptus 
 Captui Perdicum. 
 
 Tum In fan us petit, & 
 Hi, C^ui comitantur Te, 
 Qui i'unt, 5* Quid 
 profunt Tibi ? J?;V, 
 
 Sunt Canes, & 0/>/i Au- 
 cupio, ad invettigandum 
 Jives. Autem hoe Aves, 
 Caufd capiendi Quas 
 paras tot Res, 
 
 cujus Pretii funt, fi con~ 
 feras Capturam totius 
 Ann! in tinum ? KOT re- 
 fpondiflet parvum, nefcio 
 quid, & quod non ex- 
 cederet fex Aureos, Infanus 
 rogat, Quanam fit Impenfa 
 Equi, Canum, & 
 
 Acctpitris ? afHrmavit 7re- 
 penfam Eorum ejfe quotan- 
 nis quinqitaginta Aureos. 
 Tum admiratus Slultitiam 
 Juvenis, inquit, oro, 
 alt bine ocyus, antequam 
 Medicus rcdeat Domum ; 
 nam ft Hie compererit Te, 
 conjiciet Te IB fuam 
 Lacunam, veluti infani/Ji- 
 mum Omnium, to" collo- 
 cabit Te in ^ja ufque ad 
 Mentucn. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 Hzc Fabula oftendit, 
 multas Infanias effe quotidie 
 inobftrv&u* 
 
 Then afterwards, What is call' 
 ed This, Whuh thou beared 
 on thine Hand, and in what TTwtf 
 doft thou ufe it ? He anfwered, 
 it it a Hawk, and fit 
 for the catching of Partridges. 
 then the Madman ajks, and 
 TAefe, That accompany Thee, 
 /irAaf are they, an^/ What 
 do they profit to Thee ? He fays, 
 They are Dogs, and ./fr for Fowl- 
 ing, to trace 
 ftfe Birds. But ft&^fc Birds, 
 /or the Saka of catching /^"A/VA 
 You prepare fo many Things, 
 of what Price are They, if Ton 
 put together the Catching of a whole 
 Year into one ? When%\ had an* 
 fvvered a little, I know not 
 what, and </W it could not ex 
 ceed ^w Guineas, the Madman 
 afks, /fAa/ may be the Expence 
 of the Horfe, of the Dogs, and 
 oftheHawk? He affirmed theEx- 
 pence of Them /o ^ year- 
 ty ^/"<y Guineas. 
 TA^o having admired /A* ^"o/^ 
 of the Young Mzn,fayshe, I pray, 
 jfo hence quickly, before that 
 the Phyftcian return Home ; 
 for // He Jhould Jind Thee, 
 /rV tuill throw Thee //<? his 
 Pond, as /A* wo^ 
 wff^ of all Men, and He will 
 place Thee in //fc Water up /o 
 the Chin. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 This Fable fliows. 
 
 many MadnefTes to be daily 
 
 anci/Jrrw*^. 
 
 FABLE 
 
154 SELECT FABLES OF 
 
 FABLE CCII. 
 
 JDf obflinata Muliere, $>u<e 
 vocavit Virum pedicirlofum. 
 
 QUffidarn Mulier, fupra 
 Modum- contraria yi- 
 ro, ua ut vellet fffe fupe- 
 rior, femel in gravi Alter- 
 catione cum Eo vocavit 
 Eum pedicuiofum. Ille, ut 
 retra&uret iUud Verbum, 
 contun&bat Uxoretn, ex Jens 
 Illaru Pugtris & Calcibus. 
 Quo magis caedebatur, 
 eo plus vocavit Illunar 
 pedicutofum. Vir tandem 
 laffus verier ando lllam> 
 ut fuperaret Pertina- 
 ciam Uxoris, dimifit 
 
 in Flumen per Funero, 
 dicens, ., Se fuffocaturum 
 Earn, ft non abftineret 
 fa/i'iaj Verbis. Ilia per- 
 ilabat n/>6<Vo minus cottti- 
 tiuare Jllud ferbutn, quam- 
 vis fixa ufqae ad Mentum 
 in Aqua. 7am Vir 
 demerfit Earn in Flumen, 
 it a ut non pojjlt loqui 
 amplius, tentans Ji pofiet 
 attertere Earn a Pertinaciu 
 Timor e Mortis. At Ilia, 
 Facultate loquendi ademp- 
 td, exprimebat Digitis, 
 Quod nequibat Ore : 
 Nam, Manibus ereclis fupra 
 Caput, Unguibus utriufqite 
 Poll ic is conjuncJis, dcdit 
 quod Opprobrium fotuit 
 Viro, Mo Geftu. 
 MOR. 
 
 Haec Fabula indicat, quod 
 Quidani retinebunt fuamPerti- 
 naciam etiam Pericuh Mortis. 
 F I 
 
 Of the obftin,ate Woman, Who 
 called her Hujbqnd loufy. 
 
 A Certain Woman, above 
 meafure cont-nry to her Huf- 
 band, fo that (he would be upper - 
 molt, once in a heavy Quar- 
 rel wit A Hirrt called 
 Him loufy. He, that 
 She might ret raft that Word, 
 bruifed his Wife, e eating 
 Her /VA AM Fifii and J7^//. 
 By how mucht/jeincrefht was beaten 
 ^y_/o macA the morey<? ra//f</Him. 
 /oa/r. The Man at length 
 tired w/V>6 beating Her, 
 //j<?/ He might overcome the Ob- 
 Jlinacy of his Wife, let her down 
 into a River by a Rope, 
 f a y tn g> t^ 3 * He would fuffocatc 
 Her, r/" She would not abftaia 
 from fuch Words. She per- 
 fifted in nothing the lefs to conti- 
 nue that Word* al- 
 tho' jSjc^J up to the Chin 
 * the Water. Then the Man 
 pJunged Her t/a the River, 
 fo that iS^f rouW o# fpeak 
 more, trying if He could 
 avert Her _/fW her Obftinacy 
 by the Fear of Death. But She, 
 *A* Faculy of fpcaking ^/n^- /a^f 
 away, expreflfed with her Fingers, 
 
 For, her Hands being raifed above 
 her Head, the Nails of each 
 Thumb being joined, She gave 
 what Reproach She could 
 to her Hufband, by that Gefture. 
 
 MOR. 
 
 This Fable mows, that 
 Some will retain their Obfti- 
 nacy even at the Hazard of Death. 
 N I S. 
 
Quid*. 
 naciam e tiara JL